Re: Changing trace
- Posted by Robert Craig <rds at EMAIL.MSN.COM> Oct 20, 1998
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------=_NextPart_000_0030_01BDFC3C.575EA660 charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Alan Oxley writes: > When stepping through some source "with trace" and "trace(1)" > is there some way to: >1. Freeze some nominated variable(s) on screen; > ie even if a newer variable is referenced, don't remove a=20 > nominated one > 2. Alter the split of screen between "last x statements" > and the variables display - typically to show more variables. > 3. Really pushing my luck - have the trace screen windows managed You can't do any of the above, but they are all quite=20 reasonable suggestions that I will add to the wish list. Remember that if you want to see the value of "foobar", and it isn't displayed automatically, you can type: ? foobar while tracing. Regards, Rob Craig Rapid Deployment Software http://members.aol.com/FilesEu/ ------=_NextPart_000_0030_01BDFC3C.575EA660 charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.71.1712.3"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT size=3D3></FONT></FONT><FONT = color=3D#000000><FONT=20 size=3D3>Alan Oxley writes:</FONT></FONT><FONT = size=3D3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT size=3D3>> When stepping through = some source=20 "with trace" and "trace(1)"</FONT></FONT><FONT=20 size=3D3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT size=3D3>> is there some way=20 to:</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3D3></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT size=3D3>>1. Freeze some nominated = variable(s)=20 on screen;</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3D3></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT size=3D3></FONT></FONT><FONT=20 size=3D3>> ie even if a newer variable is = referenced, don't=20 remove a </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D3>> nominated one</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT size=3D3>> 2. Alter the split of = screen between=20 "last x statements"</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3D3></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT size=3D3>> = and the=20 variables display - typically to show more variables.</FONT></FONT><FONT = size=3D3></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT size=3D3></FONT></FONT><FONT = size=3D3>> 3. Really=20 pushing my luck - have the trace screen windows managed</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT size=3D3>You can't do any of the above, = but they=20 are all quite </FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT size=3D3>reasonable suggestions that=20 </FONT></FONT><FONT size=3D3>I will add to the wish list.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT size=3D3></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT size=3D3>Remember that if you want to = see the value=20 of "foobar", and it isn't</FONT></FONT><FONT=20 size=3D3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT size=3D3></FONT></FONT><FONT = size=3D3>displayed=20 automatically, you can type:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D3> ? foobar</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D3>while tracing.</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT size=3D3></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT = size=3D3>Regards,<BR> Rob=20 Craig<BR> Rapid Deployment=20 Software<BR> <A=20 /A></FONT></FONT><FONT=20 size=3D3></FONT> </DIV> ------=_NextPart_000_0030_01BDFC3C.575EA660--