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Subject: Re: A plea for a Structured Objective-C code browser in 2.0
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Date: 27 Sep 90 23:31:35 GMT
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   Why don't you just write a graphical front-end to gdb using
   pseudo-terminals?

Breakpoints which watch the values of a variable and break at a certain
value.  Dynamic update of various graphical views of variables.
Ability to have a decent front end without having to parse half of the
world.  Views of source, data, etc.  Easy browsing of objects and
structures with pointers to structures.

what else?  Give me some time . . .

Actually, that parsing part's the hard part, IMHO.  Doing it yourself
would be faster, cleaner, and probably simpler in the end.  Also, it'd
be easier to get a simple prototype running, I think.

scott hess
scott@gac.edu
Independant NeXT Developer	(Stuart)
NeXT Campus Consultant		(Not much, really)
GAC Undergrad			(Horrid.  Simply Horrid.  I mean the work!)