Re: [hatari-devel] Debugger features ideas/wishes

[Eero Tamminen <oak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On 5.9.2021 20.04, Roger Burrows wrote:
> I agree 100% with your comments: both on how things could be a lot nicer, and
> also how invaluable the debugger already is.  Some other things to throw in:
>
> (1) For casual and semi-casual users like me, a graphical interface (like I'm
> used to with the DevPac debugger / XDEBUG) is much easier to handle.  I know
> that the scripting stuff built-in is very powerful, but I almost never use it
> because it's complicated.
>
> (2) I really like being able to break when things are modified (although I
> often try to use the 'b' command when I should be using the 'a' command,
> another mildly-confusing part of the debugger).

'breakcond' (bo) command can be always used, as it's superset of 
'address' (a) command.

For now, 'address' command is just a simpler
alias for conditional breakpoints.

(There was a plan to create separate simpler
address based breakpoints for use in graphical
debugger, but that never happened.)


> (3) There have been times when I wished that I could break when a memory
> location is read from or written to ('b' only works for the  latter if the
> value changes).  But that's a low-priority request compared to Miro's
> suggestions.

That's something I would also be interested and
what's supported by STeem debugger.  It's been
on Nicolas' TODO list for years...


> But I'll repeat that the debugger is really invaluable as it is, and many
> thanks to the Hatari folk for providing it!


	- Eero