From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Fernando Nasser To: Mo DeJong Cc: insight@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: RFC: gdbtk/TODO file Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 08:02:00 -0000 Message-id: <39E32F9B.E0CEDD7E@cygnus.com> References: X-SW-Source: 2000-q4/msg00042.html Mo DeJong wrote: > > On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Fernando Nasser wrote: > > > I have been asking you for suggestions and collecting things to > > create a TODO file for Insight. > > ... > > > TODO: > > I would add: > > 1) Generic way to set a BP at a given line or function. > Yes, I forgot that one. I also forgot hardware breakpoints and watchpoints. Thanks for reminding me. I will add them to the list. > Add a entry widget to the breakpoints dialog perhaps? > It is a possibility. > 2) Improved ability to attach to a given process. > Right now, the process listing code "exec ps -ef" > is totally broken on most platforms. > Thanks. This one goes to the BUGS section. > > New Features and Enhancements > > ============================= > > > > Display of the target program output. Perhaps use the XTerm hack created > > by Tom. > > It would also be nice if insight (well gdb actually) could be fixed > so that it did not freeze up when run as a background process. > This is a bug but it is also a major "gdb" thing that might > require a lot of work to fix. > I am not sure if I understood this one right. I will phone you for more details. > > Migrate to Tcl/Tk 8.2 > > That should be Tcl/Tk 8.3.2 now. > That's right. > > Fix/revamp the gdbtk testsuite. > > I am currently working on a GUI app testing system for > Source-Navigator. It might be a good idea to use > something like it for Insight too. Still, this > is something that will not be "ready" until > the next GnuPro release. > That is a good idea. I would like to know more about it. Thanks a lot (again) for your comments Mo. -- Fernando Nasser Red Hat Canada Ltd. E-Mail: fnasser@cygnus.com 2323 Yonge Street, Suite #300 Toronto, Ontario M4P 2C9