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Re: Debugging in IDL 7 [message #57769 is a reply to message #57623]

Thu, 20 December 2007 09:30

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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David Fanning writes:

> I'm still suffering from information overload in that
> damn Debug perspective, but I guess I'll get used to that.

Part of my problem is that I can no longer reliably
determine where I am in my files. Maybe this is an IDL
7 bug. (I'm having difficulty discriminating features from
bugs now, sorry.)

So, I am debugging a program. I put a breakpoint in my
program. I run it. I stop at the breakpoint. I hit the
FLock key and put myself in the wrong mode ... No, forget
that last step. I *finally* get my keyboard in the right
configuration and I step through the code using the F6
key.

OK, find the error. Fix it. Remove the breakpoint.
And click the little gear-like icon up above, which
apparently means "Save and Compile" (I miss my little
stack of suns) and I am ready to go.

I get a compile message in the Console, but the little
blue arrow that indicates my position in the file is
still there. So where am I? Am I at the main IDL level
where I think I am? Or am I still inside the file? Why
doesn't that blue arrow go away? How can I make it go
away?

Just full of questions this morning. :-(

Cheers,

David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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		Debugging in IDL 7 By: David Fanning on Thu, 20 December 2007 08:51
		Re: Debugging in IDL 7 By: Robbie on Thu, 20 December 2007 22:59
		Re: Debugging in IDL 7 By: Doug Edmundson on Thu, 20 December 2007 13:34
		Re: Debugging in IDL 7 By: Doug Edmundson on Thu, 20 December 2007 13:20
		Re: Debugging in IDL 7 By: David Fanning on Thu, 20 December 2007 10:01
		Re: Debugging in IDL 7 By: David Fanning on Thu, 20 December 2007 09:58
		Re: Debugging in IDL 7 By: David Fanning on Thu, 20 December 2007 09:30
		Re: Debugging in IDL 7 By: David Fanning on Thu, 20 December 2007 09:11
		Re: Debugging in IDL 7 By: Vince Hradil on Thu, 20 December 2007 09:05

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