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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.

More changes...

Last modified December 17, 2006.

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