HP WDB GUI 5.8 Reference Manual ( February 2008 )

WDB GUI Overview
Summary of Features
Chapter 114
Single precision registers - fr7L = 26.1749401 fr7R = 0
Double precision register - fr7 = 1.5000000000000016
• Enhanced support for debugging terminal user interface based applications :
WDB GUI supports a new command-line option -tui to support debugging terminal user
interface based applications (for example vim).
• Customized display of Program Console:
WDB-GUI supports a command line option -d to customize WDB GUI Program Console
display.
• Enhanced Dwell feature to show large data:
The Dwell feature has been enhanced to display large data.
• Enhanced Source View:
Consistent display of source files in the Source View for FORTRAN applications.
• Support for WDB Pathmap functionality:
WDB GUI supports HP WDB debugger Pathmap functionality. The Pathmap ’From’ and
’To’ dialog box lets you define a list of substitution rules to be applied to path names to
identify object files and the corresponding source files. In this dialog box, you can add,
delete, and change the priority order of pathmap. You can access the Pathmap dialog box
from the Edit menu by clicking Pathmap. Alternately, you may also set the pathmap from
WDB GUI command view.
• Setting Object File Paths:
This feature allows the user to set object file paths so that WDB GUI may locate object
files for the current program. The user may enter object file paths either via WDB GUI’s
command view or via the Object File Paths Dialog box. The Object File Paths dialog box
may be accessed on the Edit menu by clicking Object File Paths.
• Support for Alternate Root Functionality:
WDB GUI supports HP WDB debugger Alternate root path functionality. The Alternate
Root Path functionality enables the user to install HP WDB debugger and its components
on an alternate root rather than the system default root. HP WDB provides an
environment variable, GDB_ROOT for this purpose. WDB GUI facilitates the setting of this
environment variable. If GDB_ROOT is not set and the environment variable WDB_ROOT is
set, WDB GUI would set GDB_ROOT to the WDB_ROOT value. If GDB_ROOT is set, the value is
left as such.
• Support for Debugging PA-RISC Applications on Itanium-based Systems: