> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Christopher Faylor
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 10:27:10PM +0200, Hannu E K Nevalainen > (garbage mail) wrote: > >> Also, the problems.html page is surely the wrong place for a tutorial > >> for how to debug the cygwin DLL. A hyperlink to a page which talked > >> about this, with a caveat about this being only for the technically > >> savvy, would be fine. But I'm not going to write it. Volunteers? > > > > Well, there needn't be a _tutorial_ on debugging. Maybe just a link to a > >good starting point for understanding gdb/ddd/insight and their > usage - for > >beginners [1]. > > Non-beginners often need just a few words... these words should be added > >though - time permitting, as always. > > I think you are missing my point. I do not want a problems page to be > littered with a "and here's how you debug cygwin" or here's where to > find debuggers. That would be daunting to people who are already > daunted by the amount of info on that page. A hyperlink with something > like: > > - Consider <a href="debugcygwin.html">debugging cygwin</a> yourself or > possibly <a href="debugcygwin.html#backtrace">providing a back trace</a> > of a failing application. This seems be about what I had in mind, a bit depending on what "debugcygwin.html" would contain. > I have a fundamental problem with adding tutorials on debugging here. > Go to the gdb page if you want to learn how to debug something. A > (very) few pointers on how to debug with a DLL are fine, since they > would be cygwin-specific. But info on setting breakpoints, etc., really > should come from the experts. As I said above; _no_ tutorials, but pointers to good _starting points_ for "beginners" - i.e. one or more ways to find out more on the matter. > I'm also *extremely* dubious that we'd get useful information from someone > who has never heard of a debugger or even someone who hasn't heard about > gdb. This depends on what you evaluate the word "beginner" to... 1) a beginner with debugging all together; then you're fully correct above 2) a beginner with cygwin; the above might not be so "correct" anymore 3) (more?) I put myself would fit in category 2) of two reasons; I have not used gdb or its siblings for major stuff, nor tried to debug cygwin stuff. But I DO have debugging experience. > Anyway, as usual, we're discussing something that will probably never > happen. ..and you have found this "time consuming" only? ;-) (I hope not) > I'm finished now since I've already used up too much time > reiterating points. My next act will be to review any documentation > provided. Fine with me :-) /Hannu E K Nevalainen, B.Sc. EE - 59?16.37'N, 17?12.60'E --END OF MESSAGE-- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
