working with v0.9.0 the debugger seems ''shaky''. so far i can''t really nail down any consistent way to generate a problem... until freeride gets farther along in development...i''d like to add a little something to the wishlist... anything that can be changed in the preferences, saved to a file that can be backed up... i had my colour config changes the way i want. but after the debugger locked up (i can only assume it was a lockup, nothing seemed to happen.) i had to kill the process via taskmanager and fire freeride back up again...all my colours were gone. and the mouse scrollwheel doesn''t work properly. it''s not incrmental. moving in any direction contines until you change direction or use the scrollbars... http://home.cogeco.ca/~tsummerfelt1 telnet://ventedspleen.dyndns.org
tony summerfelt wrote:> > working with v0.9.0 > > the debugger seems ''shaky''. so far i can''t really nail down any > consistent way to generate a problem... > > until freeride gets farther along in development...i''d like to add a > little something to the wishlist... > > anything that can be changed in the preferences, saved to a file that > can be backed up... > > i had my colour config changes the way i want. but after the debugger > locked up (i can only assume it was a lockup, nothing seemed to > happen.) i had to kill the process via taskmanager and fire freeride > back up again...all my colours were gone.I''m running out the door to a family affair, so this will be very quick... The config info is stored in YAML files in you %USERPROFILE%\freeride directory. These are human-readable text files, so you should be able to figure out how to back up the info.> and the mouse scrollwheel doesn''t work properly. it''s not incrmental. > moving in any direction contines until you change direction or use the > scrollbars...This is a known bug in FXRUby. We''re hoping it will go away when we switch to the new FXRuby/Fox 1.2. Curt
On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 11:16:05 -0600, you wrote:>The config info is stored in YAML files in you %USERPROFILE%\freeride >directory. These are human-readable text files, so you should be able to >figure out how to back up the info.ok, thanks...>This is a known bug in FXRUby. We''re hoping it will go away when we switch >to the new FXRuby/Fox 1.2.i kinda figured this was the case...at least with projects like freeride, supporting software will be forced to fix bugs/upgrade in order to get rid of the ''buggy'' label... the features i used the most in any debugger are usually the breakpoints, watches (and watchpoints when the debugger supports them http://home.cogeco.ca/~tsummerfelt1 telnet://ventedspleen.dyndns.org
tony summerfelt wrote:> On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 11:16:05 -0600, you wrote: > > >>The config info is stored in YAML files in you %USERPROFILE%\freeride >>directory. These are human-readable text files, so you should be able to >>figure out how to back up the info. > > > ok, thanks... > > >>This is a known bug in FXRUby. We''re hoping it will go away when we switch >>to the new FXRuby/Fox 1.2. > > > i kinda figured this was the case...at least with projects like > freeride, supporting software will be forced to fix bugs/upgrade in > order to get rid of the ''buggy'' label... > > the features i used the most in any debugger are usually the > breakpoints, watches (and watchpoints when the debugger supports them > http://home.cogeco.ca/~tsummerfelt1 > telnet://ventedspleen.dyndns.org >You can position breakpoints with a Shitf-click on the left margin next to the line number. Laurent
On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 19:10:37 +0100, you wrote:> You can position breakpoints with a Shitf-click on the left margin > next to the line number.yes i saw that...watchpoints aren''t breakpoints though... http://home.cogeco.ca/~tsummerfelt1 telnet://ventedspleen.dyndns.org
tony summerfelt wrote:> On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 19:10:37 +0100, you wrote: > > >>You can position breakpoints with a Shitf-click on the left margin >>next to the line number. > > > yes i saw that...watchpoints aren''t breakpoints though... > >Sorry. may be there is something I didn''t catch in your previous emails. I don''t have any problem with FreeRIDE watchpoints on Win32. Do you? Launch the debugger, go to the watch point tab, add a Ruby statement to be used as a watchpoint (e.g '' b < 10'') and then keep running the program. The debugger shoudl stop when the condition is met and there is message in the status line at the bottom of the FreeRIDE window. LEt me know if this doesn''t work for you. Laurent
On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 08:15:35 +0100, you wrote:>> yes i saw that...watchpoints aren''t breakpoints though...>Sorry. may be there is something I didn''t catch in your previous >emails. I don''t have any problem with FreeRIDE watchpoints on Win32. >Do you?i guess my main problem is not reading the docs. :)>Launch the debugger, go to the watch point tab, add a Ruby statement >to be used as a watchpoint (e.g '' b < 10'') and then keep running theah, that was my problem. i differentiate between ''watches'' and ''watchponts''. i expected to be able to add a variable to the watch tab (which i was able to do without rubyide complaining), but that nothing seemed to happed with it... http://home.cogeco.ca/~tsummerfelt1 telnet://ventedspleen.dyndns.org