[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: debugging code by step-through

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Walter Mitty wrote:
> Huub wrote:
>
> > > Did you look at the eclipse "run" menu? It's right in front of you :)
> >
> >
> >
> > I sure did, and in my 3.1 version the top 7 commands of the Run menu 
> > don't have F-keys behind them. Which means, in my opinion, I have to 
> > open the menu and click the command without the possiblity to cut that 
> > short by pressing an F-key.
>
>
> That is a pain. But you can reconfigure the keys I think.

The F-keys don't appear in the run menu because it's context sensitive. 
 Switch to the debug perspective, start a debug session and they should 
magically appear.

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