GDB Frontend with C Pointer Visualization

Re:GDB Frontend with C Pointer Visualization by jmiskovic on Monday February 17, 2020 @07:06AM (#22347101)

I'm taking it for a spin and sharing my notes as I go:

    * UI has pleasant colors, I could get used to comfort of having all relevant info in side panes
    * The gdb starts in /opt/gdbfrontend directory, would be nice if it changed to dir you executed gdbfrontent in
    * I wish I could collapse Disassembly list - I don't want to see it ever
    * Icons don't have tooltips and some are not so clear
    * "Sources" pane doesn't actually have all the sources, some appear only after I set breakpoint in previously missing file
    * Breakpoints set manually through GDB console don't show up in UI breakpoint list
    * Usual shortcuts F10, F11... for stepping over and into don't work, while gdb commands n and s work only if lower pane has focus, so interface requires more mouse clicking
    * In my specific case it doesn't detect local variables or respond to added watches (fields to right stay blank)

This is where I stopped using it, don't have time to debug the debugger. I appreciate the effort and it looks like it might be extremely handy tool in future.

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Re:GDB Frontend with C Pointer Visualization by ebg13 on Monday February 17, 2020 @12:45PM (#22349216)

It would be more pleasant to read your post if you didn't use code formatting. https://imgur.com/tYH8HWy

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Re:GDB Frontend with C Pointer Visualization by rohanrhu on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @08:15AM (#22355762)

Thank you for your feedback. You can look this: https://github.com/rohanrhu/gdb-frontend#gdb-related-issues-... I will implement adding additional folders to sources.

You can check this demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LNR8u19x6Y

If something is wrong for you, you can create an issue on Github.

You can set breakpoints via clicking line numbers.

I did not implemented shortcuts yet. :)

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