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| EDNEDN Senior Member  Joined: 18/02/2023 Location: United StatesPosts: 118 |
@tom_g OK... Give me a couple of days... And I should have those two things done for you. |
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| lizby Guru  Joined: 17/05/2016 Location: United StatesPosts: 3150 |
"Break on value" for a watch variable is something I have found useful ("=", "<", ">"). For instance, in a loop, if things go wrong somewhere 2/3rds of the way through a FOR loop, being able to break when the loop counter gets to the range implicated can aid in determining where the problem is--or if a watched variable suddenly shoots to an invalid range. I don't see that this involves any additional hooks in the underlying MMBasic code. Thanks for your continuing efforts with this debugger. PicoMite, Armmite F4, SensorKits, MMBasic Hardware, Games, etc. on fruitoftheshed |
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| EDNEDN Senior Member Joined: 18/02/2023 Location: United StatesPosts: 118 |
Yes! Agreed. Let me start thinking about the cleanest way to do this so it executes fast (and doesn't shift the timing of the MMBasic program). Edited 2023-12-04 00:29 by EDNEDN |
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| lizby Guru Joined: 17/05/2016 Location: United StatesPosts: 3150 |
Excellent. This would also allow the use of a hardware button to enable a break: the programmer reads the value of a pin into a variable, puts a watch and break on the variable, and then can push a button to cause a break. Perhaps without too much trouble a "watch on pin" could be added, so a change from 1 to 0 on an input pin could cause a break without any variable needing to be read into. This could initiate a break no matter where in the code the program is. PicoMite, Armmite F4, SensorKits, MMBasic Hardware, Games, etc. on fruitoftheshed |
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| tom_g Newbie  Joined: 21/02/2023 Location: SwitzerlandPosts: 16 |
Hi EDNEDN, take your time as needed ! Eager to test the next update :-) Thomas |
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| EDNEDN Senior Member Joined: 18/02/2023 Location: United StatesPosts: 118 |
@tom_g Here is an updated MMDebug.uf2 file for you to check out. It allows the user to declutter the Watch List area of the screen and it allows a quick way to jump to any part of your MMBasic program. To remove a single Watch List element, you just click on the variable name. To remove the entire Watch List click just below the variable name of the very last item in the watch list. (Click where the next Watch List variable would be added if one more were to be added.) To move the Display Window for the MMBasic code you are debugging, just enter the line number you want the display to start at and press Enter. Backspace is respected if you fat-finger the keyboard. But no other line editing is performed. Please let me know if this helps with your debugging sessions. MMDebug.zip Next... I'll start work to get @lizby 's suggestions implemented. Edited 2023-12-11 00:21 by EDNEDN |
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| tom_g Newbie Joined: 21/02/2023 Location: SwitzerlandPosts: 16 |
Good evening EDNEDN, thanks so much for the new features, which are important enhancements ! First functional test works seamlessly * erasing single selected watch variables as well as all together * pointing to debug line, centering it to the debug screen, is fast, comfortable formless entry of line of interest I will collect possible glitches and report experiences with present functionality after some debugging OK ? Best regards, Thomas |
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| EDNEDN Senior Member Joined: 18/02/2023 Location: United StatesPosts: 118 |
Thank You! Incidentally... If you are doing a lot of Stepping, TeraTerm is able to refresh the debug window almost instantaneously. |
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