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Disallow breakpoint in lins with no executable command
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:11 am
by Kukulkan
Hi,
I accidentially try'd to figure out why my debug breakpoint did not work. It needed some time to realize that it does not work on Include or XInclude
I understand that this are no executable commands that the debugger can get a grab on. But it will be a helpful enhancement
to disallow setting a breakpoint in commented lines, empty lines and lines that contain only commands that not work with debugger (like Include or XInclude and, maybe, others).
Kukulkan
Re: Disallow breakpoint in lins with no executable command
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 5:17 pm
by freak
The breakpoint is always set on the next executable that follows if the current line is not executable.
Re: Disallow breakpoint in lins with no executable command
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 5:33 pm
by skywalk
@freak,
One thing I am confused or annoyed by, is the breakpoint (while in debug mode) is not aligned with the cursor or caret in the IDE?
So, if I decide to turn off the break point with the [F9] key, it actually creates another breakpoint 1 line below the current break.
Any chance to align the cursor/caret with the break point?
Thanks.
Re: Disallow breakpoint in lins with no executable command
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 6:32 pm
by freak
Then the background color that highlights the line with the cursor in it will hide the highlighting that shows the currently debugged line. This makes it hard to see which line the program is on.
Re: Disallow breakpoint in lins with no executable command
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 7:04 pm
by skywalk
There is still the area between the line numbers and the text for that.
Please, this would save constantly backing up the cursor to toggle [F9].
I don't see this behavior in other IDE's I use.
Re: Disallow breakpoint in lins with no executable command
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 8:15 am
by Kukulkan
Hi,
The breakpoint is always set on the next executable that follows if the current line is not executable.
Not really...
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; a simple loader-file as the main file in purebasic
XInclude "main.pbi" ; <- set breakpoint here, for example
XInclude "tools.pbi"
; file finished
The main.pbi contains the executable code. I can set a breakpoint in one of the XInclude files and nothing happens. The executable runs with no break. It is not good to allow setting a breakpoint in such lines.
Kukulkan
Re: Disallow breakpoint in lins with no executable command
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 4:24 pm
by skywalk
I have also noticed different behavior of breakpoints depending on the use of projects.
If not using projects and there is a breakpoint in an include file, the debugger sometimes doesn't step into the include.