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