KDbg - A Graphical Debugger Interface

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Release notes for version 2.5.1.

Release notes for version 2.5.0.

Release notes for version 2.2.2.

Release notes for version 2.2.1.

Release notes for version 2.2.0.

A list of changes after 2.0.4 up to 2.1.1 is only available from the gitweb short-log.

Version 2.0.4

Fixed encoding of the Czech translation thanks to Jakub Galgonek.
Added support for QString in Qt4's debug libraries.
Fixed that the debugger window really comes to the foreground and receives the focus when the debuggee stops at a breakpoint, when this option is on (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=171845).

Version 2.0.3

Fixed parsing of gdb output that mentions "operator<<", "operator>>", "operator<", and "operator>" within text delimited by angle brackets <>. This fixes a crash when any such function is disassembled and other misbehaviors.
Fixed parsing stack frames that mention "operator<<" or "operator<". Thanks to Charles Samuels, who pointed out the problem and provided an initial fix.

Version 2.0.2

Fixed stack display for functions in an anonymous namespace and for functions whose names involve template parameter lists (thanks to André Wöbbeking).
Fixed environment list which would add back the entry from the edit box even if it was just deleted.
Fixed that the Run/Continue button was enabled while the program was running.
Fixed parsing of NaN (Not a Number) floating point values.

Version 2.0.1

Updated Hungarian translation (thanks to Tamas Szanto).
Worked around gdb 6.3 crashes at "info line main" command (thanks to Stefan Taferner).
Updated XSLT debugger parser for xsldbg >= 3.4.0 (by Keith Isdale).

Version 2.0.0

References and const types are treated like the base type (thanks to Shaheed).
Fixed parsing of large arrays with many different values, which were terminated by "...".
Fixed the kdbg.desktop file: Encoding is UTF-8, install in XDG menu location.
Fixed PS_COMMAND detection for Solaris' /bin/sh.

Version 1.9.7

Added a new animated button in the toolbar.
Fixed Norwegian translation file names.

Version 1.9.6

"<invalid float value>" in register dumps was not parsed correctly.
Fixed that variable popup location was computed incorrectly if tab width is not 0.
Updated the manual.
Implemented printing of Qt4's QStrings.

Version 1.9.5

Fixed some issues when the items in the environment variable list are selected.
Added a command line option -p to attach to a process (thanks to Matthew Allen for the initial code). See kdbg --help.
Fixed the "Using host libthread_db" error message properly.
Fixed inappropriate icon sizes.

Version 1.9.4

Updated the build system to the latest auto* tools.
Worked around the problem that gdb reports "Using host libthread_db" on Fedora Core when it processes the file command.

Version 1.9.3

This is a beta release. Translations and the manual are still incomplete.

The major changes since since the 1.2.x release series are:

Editable variable values.
The current line of execution can be changed easily.
"Orphaned breakpoints", ie. breakpoints that cannot be set immediately. This eases debugging shared libraries and dynamically loaded modules.
XSLT debugging thanks to Keith Isdale (experimental).

Version 1.2.10

Fixed the "Using host libthread_db" error message.
Fixed inappropriate icon sizes.

Version 1.2.9

Really fixed security flaw regarding the program specific debugger command. (Thanks to Matt Zimmerman, who pointed out the flaw in the previous "solution".)
Fixed the charset definition in the Russian translation (thanks to Alexander Kogan).

Version 1.2.8

Fixed security flaw regarding the program specific debugger command.

Version 1.2.7

Fixed parsing of stack frames for recent gdbs.
Support vector registers (thanks to Daniel Thor Kristjansson for initial code).
Work around bug in some gdbs which inhibits printing of QString values.
Now compiles for KDE 3 out of the box.

Version 1.2.6

Opening the Find dialog no longer toggles a breakpoint.
Make mouse wheel work (again) in source, variables, and watch windows.
When a pointer to a struct is expanded the struct is also expanded.
Improved toolbar and application icons.

Version 1.2.5

Now compiles for KDE 3.
Fixed make install for builddir != srcdir.
Fixed status bar flicker. This gives a nice speed-up in general, and for displaying the contents of an array of 50 QStrings it is about a factor of 4 on my machine! (I wanted to fix the problem already more than a year ago, but did not find the cause, so I gave up. Not one of my best ideas :-()

Version 1.2.4

Now compiles for KDE 3 (Beta1).
Support QString of Qt 3.x.
Improved (and fixed) the display of arrays with repeated values.
Fixed crash when a file is reloaded while disassembled code is displayed.
Fixed parsing of stack frames involving signal handler invocations.

Version 1.2.3

Fixed invisible toolbar under KDE 2.x (really, this time, I promise).
Fixed crash when no line has the cursor (empty files).
Don't display a blank page when a non-existing file was tried to open.
The memory window is now organized in columns. Values that changed between program stops are displayed in red color. Big kudos go to Alexandre Clement for this feature.

Version 1.2.2

Fixed a special, but common case where removing a breakpoint didn't work but add more on the same line instead (thanks to Ron Lerech).
Fixed invisible toolbar under KDE 2.1.2 (thanks to Neil Butterworth).
Fixed compilation for gcc 3.0 (thanks to Ben Burton):
Fixed make install if srcdir != builddir.
Changed encoding of German translations (and also Danish, Italian, Norwegian, Romanian, Slovak, Swedish) to UTF-8, which fixes message strings under KDE2 (at least for German - couldn't test the others).

Version 1.2.1

Working directory can be browsed for.
Added context menu to move the selected expression from the local variables window to the watch window.
Fixed crash when environment variables are removed.
Fixed problems with trailing backslashes in watched expressions.
Fixed compilation on FreeBSD (openpty).

Version 1.2.0

Translations for: Hungarian, Japanese, Norwegian (Nynorsk), Serbian, Turkish.
Updated the User's Manual (English, Russian (thanks, Ilmar!), German).

Version 1.1.7beta1

Improved the program icon; made the installation more KDE2 compliant.
Enabled mouse wheel scrolling at various places (KDE2/QT2 only).

Version 1.1.6

Added memory display.
Single-stepping by instruction.
Watchpoints. Finally! (On Linux/i386 works best with gdb 5!)

Version 1.1.5

Made Delete key work in the watch window.
Breakpoints can be enabled and disabled in the breakpoint list.
Detach from debugged program on exit (and when new program is debugged).
Added a list of recently opened executables (thanks to Thomas Sparr).

Version 1.1.4

Fixed endless loop on shutdown.
Brought in line with KDE 1.91 (KDE 2 beta).

Version 1.1.3

Debugging of multi-threaded programs. Requires a gdb that supports multi-threaded programs, like gdb 5 (as far as Linux is concerned).
Debugger window pops into the foreground when the program stops.
Made tab width a user-settable option.

Version 1.1.2

Display disassembled code. To disassemble a line of source code, just click the '+' symbol in front of the line. You can now set breakpoints at any instruction.

Version 1.1.1

Use the KDE system fixed font for the source code window. This means that you can now change the font - in the KDE Control Center (section Desktop, entry Font).
By default, communication with gdb is not logged. But a transcript file can be specified using the command line option -t file or the environment variable KDBG_TRANSCRIPT.
Added an integrated output window (based on code by Max Judin).
Program specific settings can be set. In particular: the debugger command (required if you are debugging remote devices), the terminal emulation needed for the program.

Version 1.1.0

Use docking windows thanks to Max Judin.
Added a register dump window. Based on code by Max Judin.
Implemented "balloons" (tool tips) that show variable values.
./configure fix for NetBSD thanks to Berndt Josef Wulf.
There's now a Swedish translation thanks to Örjan Lindbergh.

Version 1.0.2

Save and restore watched expressions.
More adjustments for the KRASH release.
Show <repeat...> count in QStrings like in normal C strings instead of repeating the characters.
Use QListView instead of KTabListBox.

Version 1.0.1

Added a hack to set a remote target. (See tips&tricks.) Thanks to Johnny Chan.
Display function arguments. Based on suggestions by Johnny Chan.
KDE 2 fixes.
Support builddir != srcdir.

Version 1.0.0 - Release

Brought up-to-date for latest KDE 2.

Version 1.0 (beta 3 - release candidate)

Minor tweaks.
Prepared for KDE 2 and Qt 2 (it's a configure option: --with-kde-version=2).
Added Russian documentation (thanks to Ilmar S. Habibulin ) and German documentation.
There is now a Spanish translation thanks to Manuel Soriano.

Version 1.0 (beta 2)

Recognize strings with repeated characters: 'x' <repeats 34 times>.
Fix structs with no (additional) data members and other fixes for gdb 4.18.
Save window size across sessions.
There is now an Italian translation thanks to Massimo Morin.

Version 1.0 (beta 1)

Fixed non-displaying QString (Qt2) with certain gdb 4.17's (at least mine here, of SuSE 6.1, had a problem :-)
Fixed cases where gdb commands where executed after debuggee has exited.
Do not execute gdb commands after an interrupt.
Updated some translations. Still most are incomplete. Please help!
There is now a Polish translation thanks to Jacek Wojdel.

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