Re: Debugging

[David Bateman]

According to Charles Fox <address@hidden> (on 07/12/04):
> 
> How do you do debigging in octave?  

Check the FAQ at

http://octave.sourceforge.net/compatibility.html

Where you'll see the question

Q. debugging?
A. it exists but is not well documented
dbstop if error         ->      debug_on_error = 1
dbstop in mfile at lineno       ->      dbstop (func, line)
dbclear in mfile at lineno      ->      dbclear (func, line)
dbquit  ->      quit
dbstack         ->      dbwhere
dbcont  ->      dbg_cont
dbstep in       ->      dbg_step
dbstep  ->      dbg_next
dbstatus        ->      dbstatus


You might also try "help -i dbstop" in octave itself to get the manual
section corresponding to the debugging.

> Is there a nice graphical interface
> like matlab?  Or do you have to mess around typing all those 'set
> breakpoint' commands?

Does the rest of octave have a nice graphical interface? GUI's are
for wimps, the CLI is for real men.... Only kidding, this is perhaps
one of the areas where octave is lacking wrt matlab.

Cheers
David

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