daw@attunix.att.com (David A Wolverton) (08/29/90)
July 31, 1990
AT&T PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT OF GRAPHICAL OPEN LOOK BASED
C DEBUGGER
The GOLD Debugger is a powerful combination of a user-
friendly, OPEN LOOKtm windowing user interface and the
traditional UNIX System V debugger sdb. The GOLD windowing
interface provides simultaneous access to debugging
information and activities, such as source code, variable
values, stack traces, hardware data registers, and
breakpoint management. The GOLD interface is customizable,
with all features accessible via buttons and menu commands.
GOLD operates on either COFF (Common Object File Format) or
ELF (Executable and Linking Format) files created with
either the AT&T CSDS 4.1.6 Compiler or the AT&T SCDE 5.0/3
Compiler.
The GOLD debugger supports multiple source code windows on-
screen simultaneously. Windows can display either multiple
views of the same file, or multiple files. Icons mark the
current execution statement, and breakpoint locations.
The debugger has an easy to use capability to locate
function definitions quickly, plus regular expression
searching and on-line help using standard OPEN LOOK GUI
facilities. A simple macro language combines with the
standard debugger command language to make GOLD's
command set extensible.
Debug both Graphical and Curses-based Applications.
The GOLD debugger windows co-reside on the workspace
with either OPEN LOOK, X Window System, or Xterm terminal
emulation windows of the application.
Features such as application and debugger event handling,
debugger windows' size and color, and user-programmable
command macros can be customized via "property windows".
The GOLD product includes an enhanced version of the
standard sdb debugger that uses i386 Debug registers
for data monitoring. A "data breakpoint" can be set on
any byte in memory to activate the debugger when the
location is modified. Because the application runs at
full speed while being monitored, a developer can quickly
locate common C problems such as bad pointer references
and array bounds violations.
Standard GOLD Windows provide the following:
o Source Code
o Commands
o Files List
o Breakpoints (show, open, delete) List
o Stack Trace
o Variable Watch List
o Message Log
o Search
o Property Windows (global, signals, windows,...)
o Help (Context-Sensitive)
ORDERING INFORMATION:
1331-070: AT&T GOLD DEBUGGER $595
For use with 6386WGS 25MHz and lower processors.
Specify 5.25" or 3.5" media.
1341-070: AT&T GOLD DEBUGGER $645
For use with 6386WGS 33MHz processors.
Specify 5.25" or 3.5" media.
Prerequisites:
o AT&T 6386 WGS running the AT&T UNIX System V/386
Foundation Set Release 3.2.2
o Minimum of 6MB memory (for OPEN LOOK and GOLD)
o Minimum 3600 blocks free disk space in /usr
o OPEN LOOKtm End User System 2.0 (1331-60X)
o A compilation system - either C Software
Development Set (1331-025) or Standard C Development
Environment (1331-040)
This package supports all displays supported by OPEN
LOOK Graphical User System 2.0, including the AT&T 730X
terminal. This package includes a 90-day toll-free hotline
service for customer assistance during normal business hours.
GOLD will also be C++ capable and available on the AT&T
UNIX 4.0 Version 2 Operating System by year-end. Information
about the upgrade plan will be forthcoming.
As a component of the AT&T C Development Environment, GOLD is
part of family of enhanced development tools geared to empowering
the developer to work more productively. CDE includes tools for
prototyping, compilation and build, code debugging, and re-
engineering. These tools utilize user friendly windowing
interfaces, where appropriate, and operate on both character-
based and graphical platforms.
If you have any questions, or need more information, contact me on
201-898-6015.
Jordan Byk
AT&T Data Systems Group
C Languages and Tools Product Mgmt