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.