From help-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu Mon Feb 3 02:43:15 2003 Subject: Re: debugging From: Johann Drexl To: "help-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu" Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 09:40:01 +0100 branganj wrote: > > Hi, > I need to sieve through the source code for octave for my final year project. > I'm not very good with gdb. Can I use this? Like if octave is already > installed how do i use it? Should i compile it again using -g????????? > What i really need to know from the debugger is where octave starts out? > Which file reads in off the command line? EG for the * operation? > Thanks, > Confused, > Jill Brangan. > Use "-g" when compiling to generate the symbolic information for the debugger. Instead of gdb, you may want to use ddd for the actual debugging. ddd is a graphical front end for the gdb-debugger. It's very easy to use and easy to learn. -- mit freundlichen Grüßen Johann Drexl Imagetool GmbH Hanns-Braun-Str. 50 D-85375 Neufahrn Tel. +49 8165 670017 FAX +49 8165 670018 drexl at imagetool dot de ------------------------------------------------------------- Octave is freely available under the terms of the GNU GPL. Octave's home on the web: http://www.octave.org How to fund new projects: http://www.octave.org/funding.html Subscription information: http://www.octave.org/archive.html -------------------------------------------------------------