README
1Debugger
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12About
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15Plugin enables debugging in Geany.
16Currently supports GDB only, but was developed with multiple debuggers support in mind,
17so the other backends support is planned as well.
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19Features
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22* Debugger panel
23* Setting target, environment variables and command line arguments
24* Breakpoints
25* Watches, autos
26* Debug terminal
27* Debugger messages window
28* Threads and stack info
29* Switching frames in the stack trace window
30* Variables calltips while debugging
31* Saving debug session data in a Geany project (can be switched through settings)
32* Double or single panel modes
33* Hotkeys
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35Usage
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38Debugger panel behaves in a way similar to other IDE, so an experienced user won't have problems using it.
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40Panel space can be divided into two notebooks by pressing a button on the right of a panel.
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42Debug control buttons also reside on the right end of a panel as well as plugin settings dialog button.
43A user can also control debug process using hotkeys that are configurable through Geany hotkeys dialog.
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45When exploring children of a watch or an auto variable user can double click any of them to create a distinct
46watch item containing the corresponding expression.
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48Requirements
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51* Geany >= 0.21
52* libvte
53* GTK 3
54* POSIX API
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56Contact developers
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58
59Alexander Petukhov <devel(at)apetukhov(dot)ru>
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