Debugger Release Notes

Debugger 1.2.1

Improvements and new features

• When closing the debugger all processes are killed.
  Own Id: OTP-2066
• When a debugged process exits with an abnormal 'EXIT' reason its Attachment window is raised.
  Own Id: OTP-2198
• It's now possible to set normal break points without using the Normal Break dialog. When clicking on a row in a View or an Attachment window, the row is marked with the selection option. Double click and the break point is set.
  A break point is removed by a double click on that line.
  Own Id: OTP-2545
  Aux Id: OTP-2208, OTP-2267, OTP-2268

Debugger 1.2

Fixed errors and malfunctions

• Previously there was an Interpret menu item in the Attach Window, although this function was not implemented. The confusing menu item has now been removed.
  Own Id: OTP-2104
• Problems with selecting and double-clicking processes in monitor window has been fixed.
  Own Id: OTP-2161
• Some BIF's terminated with the wrong EXIT reason. This has been fixed.
  Own Id: OTP-2163
• The cursor busy mark in the Interpret Module dialog has been corrected.
  Own Id: OTP-2170
• Sometimes 'Clear' would crash the debugger, this has been fixed.
  Own Id: OTP-2174
• Module/Line information was mixed up the Up/Down buttons in the Attach window were used. This has been fixed.
  Own Id: OTP-2239
• An intermittent problem with doubleclicking on a process in the monitor window has been fixed.
  Own Id: OTP-2246
• Variable values are now often shortened. Click them to have their complete values displayed in the Evaluator Frame.
  Own Id: OTP-2290
• 'Kill' and 'Kill All' now performs exit(Pid,kill) for the selected process, so that are guaranteed to terminate.
  Own Id: OTP-2320
• Problems with stack Up and Down in Attach window resulting in {badmatch,'my style? ...} error messages have been fixed.
  Own Id: OTP-2322
• Problems with Process->Kill in Monitor window have been fixed.
  Own Id: OTP-2343
• The Module menu of the Attach window is now updated when modules are interpreted/uninterpreted.
  Own Id: OTP-2458
• Re-entry into re-interpreted code now updates attach window.
  Own Id: OTP-2477
• A cosmetic problem with printouts in the Evaluator frame after process exits has been fixed.
  Own Id: OTP-2528

Improvements and new features

• Easier to set break points. Window menu for quick access to all debugger windows. Fixed problems with interpreter dialog. Several sets of debugger states can now be saved. Easier clearing of dead processes. Exit of Monitor window now closes all windows and quits all debugging.
  Changed the way variable values are showed in the bindings panel. Several other minor usability improvements.
  The old interpreter is no longer delivered as a supported application. To use it one needs to add it's load path to the code server. The modules, i and int are still available, but where they now start the DEBUGGER GUI when any GUI response is required.
  Own Id: OTP-1611
• A new function, debugger:start/0, is now available for starting the graphical debugger.
  Own Id: OTP-2052
• After the user has interpreted a module in the Interpret Module dialog the module is no longer removed, instead it's marked with a '*' in front of the module name. Previous interpreted modules are also marked with a '*'. The focus of the list is set to the last interpreted module.
  Own Id: OTP-2095, OTP-2212, OTP-2318, OTP-2344
• All interpreter modules are now replicated (but renamed and changed) in the debugger.
  Own Id: OTP-2114
  Aux Id: OTP-2113
• It is now possible to quickly interpret and start a process in an Attachment window. With the debugger:quick(Module, Function, [Arg1, Arg2, ...]) a module is attched on init. debugger:q/3 has the same funtionality.
  Own Id: OTP-2175
• The Auto Load option in the Monitor window has been removed and is replaced with a Load and Save Settings dialog.
  It is now possible to save and load different settings, found under the File menu. The setting files ends with ".state" and are placed as default at ".erlang_tools/debugger/" in the user's home directory.
  Own Id: OTP-2177
• A windows manager for the debugger has been created. In the Windows menu the Monitor window and all the opened View and Attachment windows are listed. A window is raised on top when it is selected in the list of windows.
  It is not possible to open duplicate Monitor, View and Attachment windows.
  Own Id: OTP-2178
• Processes can now have their interpreted code uninterpreted without having to be terminated. They are only terminated if it is necessary, i.e. if the code is in use.
  Own Id: OTP-2181
  Aux Id: OTP-2179
• Internal changes to facilitate automatic tests.
  Own Id: OTP-2190
  Aux Id: OTP-2188
• When choosing Edit->Clear the attach windows of exited processes are closed.
  Own Id: OTP-2195
• All interpreter/debugger settings are cleared when the monitor window is closed.
  Own Id: OTP-2197
• When exiting the Monitor window the user is asked to save the current settings before he or she exits.
  Own Id: OTP-2204
• Documentation for conditional break points has been improved.
  Own Id: OTP-2210