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Cc: Ruben Louw <lfxciii@gmail.com>

Hi Ruben,

Ruben Louw wrote:
> > ("Computer! Find the bugs in my app right now!"?) ;)
>
> hehehe, I wish it was this simple.

Maybe we should give it a try :))

> The debugging helper enables the viewing of complex objects in the IDE (Qt
> Creator in my case). so when gdbserver is started on the target, the IDE
> then starts gdb on the host and the to communicate with each other. As soon
> as a break point is reached, the variable types and values are displayed
> using a debug helper. from what I could gather, this helper is either
> python or normal c++.

Hmm, then these helpers should run on your host. So, PTXdist and your target's 
gdbserver are not involved. When these helpers are using the gdb to collect 
the information they need, I would guess it should work out of the box.

>> Please keep always in mind the difference between your target and your
>> host. Most of the time, only the small gdbserver runs >on your target and
>> the main full blown/featured debugger on your host.
>
> this is also how I understand it, all the helper does is "Indetify" the
> types and its values, then you dont have to guess what the content of the
> variable or objects are.

I know this behaviour from DDD where you also can click through linked lists 
and so on. Very comfortable.

Happy hacking.

Regards,
Juergen

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