3 Improved editing of values; it is now possible to edit variables also
8 The previous security fix only protects against accidents, not attacks,
9 as Matt Zimmerman pointed out. Did it right this time.
11 Basic editing of values in the local variables window is available.
12 More refinements are still necessary.
16 Fixed security flaw regarding the program specific debugger command.
18 Configurable key bindings.
22 Program arguments that are file names can be browsed for.
24 Added XSLT debugging (using xsldbg) by Keith Isdale.
26 The program counter can be changed via point and click.
28 Improved register formating by Daniel Kristjansson.
30 "Orphaned breakpoints", i.e. breakpoints that gdb cannot set
31 immediately, can be set. This helps debug shared libraries and
32 dynamically loaded modules.
36 The previous security fix only protects against accidents, not attacks,
37 as Matt Zimmerman pointed out. Did it right this time.
41 Fixed security flaw regarding the program specific debugger command.
45 Fixed parsing of stack frames for recent gdbs.
47 Support vector registers (thanks to Daniel Thor Kristjansson for
50 Work around bug in some gdbs which inhibits printing of QString values.
54 Opening the Find dialog no longer toggles a breakpoint.
56 Make mouse wheel work (again) in source, variables, and watch windows.
58 When a pointer to a struct is expanded the struct is also expanded.
60 Improved toolbar and application icons.
64 Now compiles for KDE 3.
66 Fixed make install for builddir != srcdir.
68 Fixed status bar flicker. This gives a nice speed-up by a factor of 4
69 when the contents of an array of 50 QStrings are displayed!
73 Now compiles for KDE 3 (Beta1).
75 Support QString of Qt 3.x.
77 Improved (and fixed) the display of arrays with repeated values.
79 Fixed crash when a file is reloaded while disassembled code is
82 Fixed parsing of stack frames involving signal handler invocations.
86 Fixed invisible toolbar under KDE 2.x (really, this time, I promise).
88 Fixed crash when no line has the cursor (empty files).
90 Don't display a blank page when a non-existing file was tried to open.
94 Fixed a special, but common case where removing a breakpoint didn't
95 work but add more on the same line instead (thanks to Ron Lerech).
97 Fixed invisible toolbar under KDE 2.1.2 (thanks to Neil Butterworth).
99 Fixed compilation for gcc 3.0 (thanks to Ben Burton):
101 Fixed make install if srcdir != builddir.
103 Changed encoding of German translations (and also Danish, Italian,
104 Norwegian, Romanian, Slovak, Swedish) to UTF-8, which fixes message
105 strings under KDE2 (at least for German - couldn't test the others).
109 Working directory can be browsed for.
111 Added context menu to move the selected expression from the local
112 variables window to the watch window.
114 Fixed crash when environment variables are removed.
116 Fixed problems with trailing backslashes in watched expressions.
118 Fixed compilation on FreeBSD (openpty).
122 Translations for: Hungarian, Japanese, Norwegian (Nynorsk), Serbian,
125 Updated the User's Manual (English, Russian (thanks, Ilmar!), German).
129 Improved the program icon; made the installation more KDE2 compliant.
131 Enabled mouse wheel scrolling at various places.
135 Added memory display.
137 Single-stepping by instruction.
139 Watchpoints. Finally! (On Linux/i386 works best with gdb 5!)
143 Made Delete key work in the watch window.
145 Breakpoints can be enabled and disabled in the breakpoint list.
147 Detach from debugged program on exit (and when new program is debugged).
149 Added a list of recently opened executables (thanks to
150 Thomas Sparr <thomas.sparr@kreatel.se>).
154 Fixed endless loop on shutdown.
156 Brought in line with KDE 1.91 (KDE 2 beta).
160 Debugging of multi-threaded programs. Requires a gdb that supports
161 multi-threaded programs, like gdb 5.
163 Debugger window pops into the foreground when the program stops.
165 Made tab width a user-settable option.
169 Display disassembled code.
173 Use the KDE system fixed font for the source code window.
175 By default, do not log communication with gdb.
177 Added an integrated output window (based on code by Judin Max).
179 Program specific settings can be set. In particular: the debugger
180 command (required if you are debugging remote devices), the
181 terminal emulation needed for the program.
185 Use docking windows thanks to Judin Max <novaprint@mtu-net.ru>.
187 Added a register dump window. Based on code by Judin Max.
189 Implemented "balloons" (tool tips) that show variable values.
191 ./configure fix for NetBSD thanks to
192 Berndt Josef Wulf <wulf@ping.net.au>.
194 There's now a Swedish translation thanks to
195 Örjan Lindbergh <orjan.lindbergh@telia.com>.
199 Save and restore watched expressions.
201 More adjustments for the KRASH release.
203 Show <repeat...> count in QStrings like in normal C strings instead
204 of repeating the characters.
206 Use QListView instead of KTabListBox.
210 Added a hack to set a remote target. Thanks to
211 Johnny Chan <johnnykc@iprg.nokia.com>.
213 Display function arguments. Based on suggestions by Johnny Chan.
217 Support builddir != srcdir.
221 Brought up-to-date for latest KDE 2.
225 Removal of minor misfeatures.
227 Prepared for KDE 2 and Qt 2 (it's a configure option:
228 --with-kde-version=2).
230 Added Russian documentation (thanks to
231 Ilmar S. Habibulin <ilmar@ints.ru>) and German documentation.
233 There is now a Spanish translation thanks to
234 Manuel Soriano <manu@europa3.com>.
238 Recognize strings with repeated characters: 'x' <repeats 34 times>.
240 Fix structs with no (additional) data members and other fixes
243 Save window size across sessions.
245 There is now an Italian translation thanks to
246 Massimo Morin <mmorin@schedsys.com>.
250 Fixed non-displaying QString (Qt2) with certain gdb 4.17's (at least
251 mine here, of SuSE 6.1, had a problem :-)
253 Fixed cases where gdb commands where executed after debuggee has exited.
255 Do not execute gdb commands after an interrupt.
257 Updated some translations. Still most are incomplete. Please help!
259 There is now a Polish translation thanks to
260 Jacek Wojdel <wojdel@kbs.twi.tudelft.nl>.
264 The working directory for the program being debugged can be set
265 (Execution|Arguments).
267 There's now a global options dialog in place (File|Global Options).
268 At the moment the debugger program (which must be gdb, but it could be
269 an experimental gdb version, for example) and the terminal for program
270 output can be specified.
272 Fixed Makefiles to support make DESTDIR=/tmp/foo install (which is
273 needed by packagers and to create relocatable RPMs).
275 There's now a Danish translation thanks to
276 Steen Rabol <rabol@get2net.dk>.
280 Starting with this version, Qt 1.42 and KDE 1.1 is required.
282 Ported to Qt 2.0 and KDE post-1.1! KDbg now runs with both
283 KDE 1.1 (using Qt 1.42) and the latest experimental KDE. You can of
284 course run one version and debug programs written for the other version.
286 KDbg can now display Qt 2.0's QString values (which are Unicode
289 Environment variables can be set. Changes become effective the next time
290 the program being debugged is run.
292 The breakpoint list has been improved. It disables command buttons at
293 times when it is not possible to change breakpoints. The icons that
294 show the breakpoint status are now the same as those in the source
297 Popup menus (context menus) for frequently used commands have been added
298 to the source code window (thanks to Tom Nguyen <ttomnguyen@yahoo.com>)
300 There's now a Russian translation thanks to
301 Ilmar Habibulin <ilmar@ints.ru>.
303 Internal restructuring. These changes are invisible. They just make
304 future extensions less cumbersome.
308 This is the last version that supports Qt 1.33 and KDE 1.0.
310 There's now a Czech translation thanks to
311 Martin Spirk <spirk@kla.pvt.cz>.
313 Recognize and report when gdb dies unexpectedly. This happens commonly
314 when writing CORBA programs since gdb obviously has problems in
315 debugging C++ classes with virtual base classes.
317 Added conditional breakpoints and ignore counts.
321 Added a toolbar button to load the executable. The button to open a
322 source file is still there. I hope it's clear which one does what.
324 Attaching to a running process is now possible (Execution|Attach).
326 Made more visible when gdb is busy using a gear wheel in the upper right
327 corner of the window like kfm.
329 Made the KTreeView widget more flexible by adding a bunch of virtual
330 keywords. (No, this doesn't have any influence on the look and feel of
331 KDbg.) While doing that, I fixed a small repainting bug.
334 ChangeLog starts here.
335 See web page at http://members.telecom.at/~johsixt/ for more changes.