HP WDB GUI Reference Manual (August 2006)

WDB GUI Overview
Summary of Features
Chapter 112
WDB GUI provides a separate popup terminal window for the user to execute shell
commands. Type exit in the popup window to close the popup window and return the
prompt to WDB GUI. If no TERM value is specified, xterm is taken for popup by default.
• Hexadecimal display in Dwell:
This feature allows you to view the hexadecimal values of the variables. When you dwell
on a variable, the value of the variable is displayed in decimal and hexadecimal formats
as a tooltip in the Source view of the WDB GUI. To view only decimal values, disable the
hexadecimal display by setting the preference in "Display in decimal & hexadecimal
format with dwell feature" checkbox in the Debugger Preferences dialog box.
• WDB GUI loads large data structures faster than before in the Local
Variables/Watch/Quick Watch views:
The load time of large size arrays, structures, and classes is much shorter than before.
NOTE WDB supports WDB GUI performance improvement. It is recommended
that you use the tuned WDB GUI 3.1.1 with WDB version 3.1.1. Earlier
versions of WDB might not show good improvements with WDB GUI 3.1.1
and might show unexpected behaviour with respect to the Local Window/
Watch Window/Quick Watch Window.
• The Print debugger command:
This command has been added to the source popup menu. You can mask any variable and
right click (click M2) on this source popup menu item to print the value of the highlighted
variable in the Command view.
• Saving Commandline History:
Allows you to save commandline history across WDB GUI sessions. You can also save and
restore the sequence of commands in the GUI commandline, along with the other session
contents, using Save/Restore Session.
• Creating Buttons Dynamically:
Allows you to create buttons dynamically from within the WDB GUI. You can associate all
operations that are valid at the debugger prompt (gdb) with a button. You can save and
restore the list of dynamically created buttons across GUI sessions.
• Automatic update of source search path when breakpoint is set:
WDB GUI automatically updates the source search path when a breakpoint is set in a file
that is not in the search path. You can set this by checking the "Automatically Update
Search Path when breakpoints set" check box in the Debugger Preferences dialog box.