cbunnell wrote:
>
> Hello list,
>
> I've been working very hard at getting the "over quota" message stuff
> working but am having a rough time debugging my code. I'm working on a PC
> platform using UltraEdit32 to do my editing. Ultraedit has a built in FTP,
> so that's convenient to upload and then do a compile on my Solaris platform.
>
> Debugging this way SUCKS! What are the vpopmail maintainers (Ken, and co.)
> using? I need a way to trace through the program, set/check variables, etc.
> I've got Borland C++ but it doesn't do me much good running on a PC when the
> program is going to run on Unix....
>
> (I'm spoiled by Perl's -d function... ;)
<all politeness removed, tongue firmly in cheek>
You might want to run what all the system programmers
have been running for over 20 years, Unix!. Hey, what
a thought. You know, they even have versions that run
on PC's. Imagine that. You can also buy CD's at your
local book store that have a complete system.
Then you can run an entire email system on your PC
and do all your testing right there. Whoa!
I even heard that these new fangled Unix/Linux/BSD
CD's come with the gnu C compiler, a whole make system,
autoconf, automake. Plus they have a debugger too.
You can step through your programs line by line,
looking at variables, placing break points.
But of course, you probably want to keep running your
Microsoft word program, or excel or some other lame
ass bitch software.
Dood, install Linux on your machine and install the
development packages.
Being from the old skool I do all my editing in vi
and debugging in gdb (command line). It is the
most portable environment for unixen. Works great
when developing on remote machines on the other
side of the globe.
If you are a sucker for those fancy screen based
code deveopment systems then try CodeWarrior or
something. Personally, I'll stick with vi and make.
Oh, and by the way, I've been using a PC for the
last 8 years with some flavor of unixen. I'm even
writting this email in Netscape Communicator running
on a PC. Oh, and it never crashes :) I had one
machine freeze up a couple times last year. But it
was about 95 degrees outside and me with no
air conditioning.
I'm shocked you are using Windows! Shocked I tell you!
<tongue out of cheek>
Ken Jones
