[comp.windows.open-look] dbxtool and xview programs

deano@raistlin.uucp (dean mason - 535-4717) (02/09/91)

Has anyone had the pleasure of trying to debug an xview program
with dbxtool.  Maybe it is just my setup but I am running an
IPC with fullup SunOS 4.1.1 straight off the tape.  

The problem is that when I set a breakpoint inside one of
my callbacks, it stops all right, the whole damn window manager
locks up!  I suspect (hopefully incorrectly) that this is due to
the implementation of event handling through a central "notifier"
and that the notifier is perhaps "hung" waiting on the event I trapped
to finish?  Is this the problem?  Any work arounds?  I haven't tried
it with straight dbx, but I've seen the exact same thing with adb.

How are we supposed to debug  xview applications without a debugger?


deano@raistlin.udev.cdc.com