On Mon, Oct 04, 1999 at 20:04:43 +0200, Attila Csosz wrote: > I'd like to set up an environment( a set of programs ) to develop programs > under c++. I've heard about xemacs, gdb. Is it good? I need at least to > set/clear breakpoints; step to next source line; run and make projects. > Which programs/packages do you suggest?
gdb is a powerful debugger, but the interface isn't very comfortable. You may want to consider 'ddd' (available in the "devel" section) as a front-end to it. <plug type="blatant"> http://www.wi.leidenuniv.nl/~jdassen/onderwijs/stuva/debug/ has some introductory stuff on debugging C and C++ code under Un*x. </plug> HTH, Ray -- LEADERSHIP A form of self-preservation exhibited by people with auto- destructive imaginations in order to ensure that when it comes to the crunch it'll be someone else's bones which go crack and not their own. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan
