[comp.emacs] dbx front end.

jcl@sword (Joseph Cajetan Lawrence) (03/22/90)

I am running emacs version 18.53 in SunOS 4.0.3 under an X11R3 interace.

When I try to use the dbx library supplied with the 18.53 distribution
it doesn't work.

I load the dbx library, then execute a run-dbx on a program (that 
was compiled with a -g). The command creates a separate window for
dbx but bombs out before dbx starts up with :
--------------------
warning: can't read stats
dbx: fatal error: No such device or address

Process dbx-stats finished
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In addition, the X interface mouse-key bindings get
all messed up once I try the run-dbx command.

The program, stats, exists and has complete r/w privilages.
Inferior shell spawing works fine on my system.

I tried to trace the execution of the routine, but I'm not
a lisp expert.

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So is there anything I'm doing wrong (any variables that I should set).
Has anyone else had success with the dbx interface or is it a bug.
Should I upgrade to a newer version?

Please respond via email, I will post a summary.

Joe Lawrence (jcl@sabre.bellcore.com)