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From: cs169054@cs.brown.edu (Peter Golde)
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Subject: Re: CVP for PM?
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Date: 18 Dec 89 23:52:51 GMT
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In article <4479@helios.ee.lbl.gov> kushner@ux3.lbl.gov (Gary Kushner) writes:
>Is anyone using CVP to debug PM programs?  When I try, CVP
>starts to work, but eventually always locks up the whole
>machine.  Usually when I change program focus.

I use CVP to debug PM programs.  It is possible to die doing this, but if
you are just a bit careful, things will work fine.  The most important thing
is not to hit Ctrl-Esc or Alt-Esc while debugging a PM program.  This
generally will screw you, since the PM program you are debugging won't
respond to messages, and thus freezes the PM.  I usually get a box asking
if I want to terminate the app, but it never work (presumably because the
shell can't kill a program under CVP's control).  If I remember, I may
have had problem when setting the flip/swap option to no.  Leave it at
yes for best results.

Beyond this, I rarely have problems, although figuring out where to set
a breakpoint is sometimes confusing, what with the message loop structure
and everything. 

--Peter Golde