Re: [cdt-dev] Debugging without a project

[Marc Khouzam <marc.khouzam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ed,

thanks for the info, I was not aware of this feature.
I just tried it and I do like it.  However, there is
no Debug As... context menu, so it didn't quite do it
for me :-)

For the very simple use case of using Eclipse as a rich
frontend to GDB, I personally think the Executables view
adds unecessary complexity.  Allowing to simply choose a 
binary in the launch seems easier to me.

Thanks

marc

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ed.Swartz@xxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 2:08 PM
> To: cdt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [cdt-dev] Debugging without a project
> 
> Hi Marc,
> 
> I think the "Executables" view was invented precisely for 
> this purpose -- drag/import an executable there, right-click, 
> and Debug As... on it.  No need to manually create a project.  
> 
> Of course, this does *implicitly* create an "Executables" 
> project behind the scenes, with links to the actual 
> executable(s), thus filling the role of the "bogus" project 
> in the launch config as noted in your report -- whether you 
> see this feature as fulfilling the requirement or not is up to you. :)
> 
> -- Ed
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ext Marc Khouzam
> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 12:42 PM
> To: 'CDT General developers list.'
> Subject: [cdt-dev] Debugging without a project
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I think a great feature for CDT debugging is to allow a user
> to debug any application, not just the ones that were built in
> Eclipse.
> 
> We currently support this, but not nicely, as we still require
> a bogus project to be used.  As part of http://bugs.eclipse.org/343861
> I will be removing the requirement to specify a project by simply
> allowing the project box of the launch to remain empty (as long
> as the binary selected uses an absolute path).
> 
> Users will then be able to simply input a binary on their system
> and start debugging right away.  In fact, a user could use CDT
> to debug without ever creating a project.
> 
> If anyone thinks of a reason this would be bad, please let me know.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Marc
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