3 The previous security fix only protects against accidents, not attacks,
4 as Matt Zimmerman pointed out. Did it right this time.
6 Basic editing of values in the local variables window is available.
7 More refinements are still necessary.
11 Fixed security flaw regarding the program specific debugger command.
13 Configurable key bindings.
17 Program arguments that are file names can be browsed for.
19 Added XSLT debugging (using xsldbg) by Keith Isdale.
21 The program counter can be changed via point and click.
23 Improved register formating by Daniel Kristjansson.
25 "Orphaned breakpoints", i.e. breakpoints that gdb cannot set
26 immediately, can be set. This helps debug shared libraries and
27 dynamically loaded modules.
31 The previous security fix only protects against accidents, not attacks,
32 as Matt Zimmerman pointed out. Did it right this time.
36 Fixed security flaw regarding the program specific debugger command.
40 Fixed parsing of stack frames for recent gdbs.
42 Support vector registers (thanks to Daniel Thor Kristjansson for
45 Work around bug in some gdbs which inhibits printing of QString values.
49 Opening the Find dialog no longer toggles a breakpoint.
51 Make mouse wheel work (again) in source, variables, and watch windows.
53 When a pointer to a struct is expanded the struct is also expanded.
55 Improved toolbar and application icons.
59 Now compiles for KDE 3.
61 Fixed make install for builddir != srcdir.
63 Fixed status bar flicker. This gives a nice speed-up by a factor of 4
64 when the contents of an array of 50 QStrings are displayed!
68 Now compiles for KDE 3 (Beta1).
70 Support QString of Qt 3.x.
72 Improved (and fixed) the display of arrays with repeated values.
74 Fixed crash when a file is reloaded while disassembled code is
77 Fixed parsing of stack frames involving signal handler invocations.
81 Fixed invisible toolbar under KDE 2.x (really, this time, I promise).
83 Fixed crash when no line has the cursor (empty files).
85 Don't display a blank page when a non-existing file was tried to open.
89 Fixed a special, but common case where removing a breakpoint didn't
90 work but add more on the same line instead (thanks to Ron Lerech).
92 Fixed invisible toolbar under KDE 2.1.2 (thanks to Neil Butterworth).
94 Fixed compilation for gcc 3.0 (thanks to Ben Burton):
96 Fixed make install if srcdir != builddir.
98 Changed encoding of German translations (and also Danish, Italian,
99 Norwegian, Romanian, Slovak, Swedish) to UTF-8, which fixes message
100 strings under KDE2 (at least for German - couldn't test the others).
104 Working directory can be browsed for.
106 Added context menu to move the selected expression from the local
107 variables window to the watch window.
109 Fixed crash when environment variables are removed.
111 Fixed problems with trailing backslashes in watched expressions.
113 Fixed compilation on FreeBSD (openpty).
117 Translations for: Hungarian, Japanese, Norwegian (Nynorsk), Serbian,
120 Updated the User's Manual (English, Russian (thanks, Ilmar!), German).
124 Improved the program icon; made the installation more KDE2 compliant.
126 Enabled mouse wheel scrolling at various places.
130 Added memory display.
132 Single-stepping by instruction.
134 Watchpoints. Finally! (On Linux/i386 works best with gdb 5!)
138 Made Delete key work in the watch window.
140 Breakpoints can be enabled and disabled in the breakpoint list.
142 Detach from debugged program on exit (and when new program is debugged).
144 Added a list of recently opened executables (thanks to
145 Thomas Sparr <thomas.sparr@kreatel.se>).
149 Fixed endless loop on shutdown.
151 Brought in line with KDE 1.91 (KDE 2 beta).
155 Debugging of multi-threaded programs. Requires a gdb that supports
156 multi-threaded programs, like gdb 5.
158 Debugger window pops into the foreground when the program stops.
160 Made tab width a user-settable option.
164 Display disassembled code.
168 Use the KDE system fixed font for the source code window.
170 By default, do not log communication with gdb.
172 Added an integrated output window (based on code by Judin Max).
174 Program specific settings can be set. In particular: the debugger
175 command (required if you are debugging remote devices), the
176 terminal emulation needed for the program.
180 Use docking windows thanks to Judin Max <novaprint@mtu-net.ru>.
182 Added a register dump window. Based on code by Judin Max.
184 Implemented "balloons" (tool tips) that show variable values.
186 ./configure fix for NetBSD thanks to
187 Berndt Josef Wulf <wulf@ping.net.au>.
189 There's now a Swedish translation thanks to
190 Örjan Lindbergh <orjan.lindbergh@telia.com>.
194 Save and restore watched expressions.
196 More adjustments for the KRASH release.
198 Show <repeat...> count in QStrings like in normal C strings instead
199 of repeating the characters.
201 Use QListView instead of KTabListBox.
205 Added a hack to set a remote target. Thanks to
206 Johnny Chan <johnnykc@iprg.nokia.com>.
208 Display function arguments. Based on suggestions by Johnny Chan.
212 Support builddir != srcdir.
216 Brought up-to-date for latest KDE 2.
220 Removal of minor misfeatures.
222 Prepared for KDE 2 and Qt 2 (it's a configure option:
223 --with-kde-version=2).
225 Added Russian documentation (thanks to
226 Ilmar S. Habibulin <ilmar@ints.ru>) and German documentation.
228 There is now a Spanish translation thanks to
229 Manuel Soriano <manu@europa3.com>.
233 Recognize strings with repeated characters: 'x' <repeats 34 times>.
235 Fix structs with no (additional) data members and other fixes
238 Save window size across sessions.
240 There is now an Italian translation thanks to
241 Massimo Morin <mmorin@schedsys.com>.
245 Fixed non-displaying QString (Qt2) with certain gdb 4.17's (at least
246 mine here, of SuSE 6.1, had a problem :-)
248 Fixed cases where gdb commands where executed after debuggee has exited.
250 Do not execute gdb commands after an interrupt.
252 Updated some translations. Still most are incomplete. Please help!
254 There is now a Polish translation thanks to
255 Jacek Wojdel <wojdel@kbs.twi.tudelft.nl>.
259 The working directory for the program being debugged can be set
260 (Execution|Arguments).
262 There's now a global options dialog in place (File|Global Options).
263 At the moment the debugger program (which must be gdb, but it could be
264 an experimental gdb version, for example) and the terminal for program
265 output can be specified.
267 Fixed Makefiles to support make DESTDIR=/tmp/foo install (which is
268 needed by packagers and to create relocatable RPMs).
270 There's now a Danish translation thanks to
271 Steen Rabol <rabol@get2net.dk>.
275 Starting with this version, Qt 1.42 and KDE 1.1 is required.
277 Ported to Qt 2.0 and KDE post-1.1! KDbg now runs with both
278 KDE 1.1 (using Qt 1.42) and the latest experimental KDE. You can of
279 course run one version and debug programs written for the other version.
281 KDbg can now display Qt 2.0's QString values (which are Unicode
284 Environment variables can be set. Changes become effective the next time
285 the program being debugged is run.
287 The breakpoint list has been improved. It disables command buttons at
288 times when it is not possible to change breakpoints. The icons that
289 show the breakpoint status are now the same as those in the source
292 Popup menus (context menus) for frequently used commands have been added
293 to the source code window (thanks to Tom Nguyen <ttomnguyen@yahoo.com>)
295 There's now a Russian translation thanks to
296 Ilmar Habibulin <ilmar@ints.ru>.
298 Internal restructuring. These changes are invisible. They just make
299 future extensions less cumbersome.
303 This is the last version that supports Qt 1.33 and KDE 1.0.
305 There's now a Czech translation thanks to
306 Martin Spirk <spirk@kla.pvt.cz>.
308 Recognize and report when gdb dies unexpectedly. This happens commonly
309 when writing CORBA programs since gdb obviously has problems in
310 debugging C++ classes with virtual base classes.
312 Added conditional breakpoints and ignore counts.
316 Added a toolbar button to load the executable. The button to open a
317 source file is still there. I hope it's clear which one does what.
319 Attaching to a running process is now possible (Execution|Attach).
321 Made more visible when gdb is busy using a gear wheel in the upper right
322 corner of the window like kfm.
324 Made the KTreeView widget more flexible by adding a bunch of virtual
325 keywords. (No, this doesn't have any influence on the look and feel of
326 KDbg.) While doing that, I fixed a small repainting bug.
329 ChangeLog starts here.
330 See web page at http://members.telecom.at/~johsixt/ for more changes.