manuals/anjuta-manual/C/debug-thread.page

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   9     <desc>
  10       Examine threads.
  11     </desc>
  12     <credit type="author">
  13       <name>Sébastien Granjoux</name>
  14       <email>seb.sfo@free.fr</email>
  15     </credit>
  16     <credit type="editor">
  17       <name>Philip Chimento</name>
  18       <email>philip.chimento@gmail.com</email>
  19     </credit>
  20   </info>
  21
  22   <title>Threads</title>
  23
  24   <section>
  25     <title>List threads</title>
  26
  27     <p>A program can be composed of several threads. All these threads are
  28     executed independently, having their own registers, stack and local
  29     variables, but sharing global variables.</p>
  30
  31     <steps>
  32       <item>
  33         <p>From the <gui>main menu</gui>, select <guiseq><gui>View</gui>
  34         <gui>Thread</gui></guiseq> to open the <gui>Thread</gui>
  35         window.</p>
  36       </item>
  37     </steps>
  38
  39     <p>The window shows the following information about each thread:</p>
  40
  41     <terms>
  42       <item>
  43         <title>Active</title>
  44         <p>This contains a yellow arrow that points to the active thread.</p>
  45       </item>
  46       <item>
  47         <title>ID</title>
  48         <p>This is a number corresponding to each thread.</p>
  49       </item>
  50       <item>
  51         <title>File</title>
  52         <p>The name of the file containing the function corresponding to
  53         the current frame of the current thread.</p>
  54       </item>
  55       <item>
  56         <title>Line</title>
  57         <p>The line number of the function corresponding to the current
  58         frame of the current thread.</p>
  59       </item>
  60       <item>
  61         <title>Function</title>
  62         <p>The name of the function corresponding to the frame of the
  63         current thread.</p>
  64       </item>
  65       <item>
  66         <title>Address</title>
  67         <p>The address of the function corresponding to the frame of the
  68         current thread.</p>
  69       </item>
  70     </terms>
  71
  72   </section>
  73
  74   <section>
  75     <title>Change current thread</title>
  76
  77     <p>The current thread is the thread whose stack and local variables are
  78     currently displayed in the debugger.</p>
  79
  80     <steps>
  81       <item>
  82         <p>In the <gui>Thread</gui> window, select the thread you want.</p>
  83       </item>
  84       <item>
  85         <p>Right-click and select <gui>Set current thread</gui>.</p>
  86       </item>
  87     </steps>
  88   </section>
  89
  90
  91   <section>
  92     <title>View current function</title>
  93
  94     <steps>
  95       <item>
  96         <p>In the <gui>Thread</gui> window, select the thread you want.</p>
  97       </item>
  98       <item>
  99         <p>Double-click, or right-click and select <gui>View Source</gui>.</p>
 100       </item>
 101     </steps>
 102   </section>
 103
 104
 105 </page>