Re: Opening application files in DDD 3.3.10

[Andrew Gaylard]

Jerry Stahl wrote:
> DDD Team,
>
> I currently have a compiled verion of DDD 3.3.10 on a
> PC running Fedora Core 3.  I have an application that
> has source files located across adjacent directories,
> e.g.,
>
> Project/Component/Sources, 
> Project/ComponentX/Sources,
> Project/ComponentY/Sources.
>
> For simplicity, the project executable is in
> Project/Component/bin.  
>
> When I load the project executable, the only source
> files I see in the File->"Open Source" window are
> those under Project/Component/Sources in addition to
> some various standard library source files regardless
> of where DDD is started.
>
> The questions I have are:
>
> ** Is there a way to setup DDD to show all of the
> project source files somehow in the sources window ?

No.  But why would you want to? -- As you step through the
program, or as it hits breakpoints, the correct source
file will be displayed.

> ** Is it possible to set breakpoints in several
> different files at one time in the debugger prior to
> running the program executable or after it is loaded
> into the debugger ?

Yes.  If you're using gdb, you can either:

        b fileA.c:32
        b fileB.c:45
or
        b your_func_somewhere

> Please note that I have tried setting the "Search path
> for source files" under GDB settings, but this does
> not seem to work or save the new setting. I have also
> tried setting the sources path using a .gdbinit file
> with no success at all. "$cdir:$cwd" seems to be the
> forced default even if this path setting is
> over-ridden in the .gdbinit file (not sure if this is
> causing a problem).

This shouldn't be necessary.  Recent GCCs will include the
full path to the source file into the debugging data, and
gdb (and hence DDD) will find it.

> Any help you can provide on this would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> J.S.