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From: jonathan@pitt.UUCP (Jonathan S. Eunice)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted
Subject: question about gdb interface, Sun windows
Message-ID: <3273@pitt.UUCP>
Date: 18 Apr 88 00:03:26 GMT
Reply-To: jonathan@pitt.UUCP (Jonathan S. Eunice)
Organization: University of Pittsburgh Computer Science
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Keywords: gdb, Gnu, dbx, dbxtool, SunTools, SunView

I've been using gdb lately to debug a fairly large C program.  It
understands complex structures which dbx chokes on, making it nice
to work with, but I miss the windowed environment of the dbxtool (a Sun
front-end for dbx).  Has anyone written a gdb interface for either the Sun
envrionment or curses?   I'd sure like to get ahold of one.

Failing the ease of software acquisition through anonymous ftp, I've
considered rolling my own.  That would give me both a gdbtool and
nitty-gritty experience with the Sun libraries.  (My previous
experience was in the Macintosh Toolbox, whatever Masscomp calls their
yuccky library, and minor exposure to Apollo's system.) I've started to
browse the Sun manuals and code; they seem to have a reasonable
programming interface for their windows.  If this is a wrong
conclusion, or if there are reasons the gdb interface would be hard to
write, I'd appreciate correction.

Please mail to me directly.  I will post a summary.  Thank you.

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