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Contents
1Builddebugversionofyourproject
2AddWatches
2.1Inversion10.05
2.2In12.11orlatestnightlybuilds
3DoubleclickingintheCallstackwindow
4SetBreakpoints
5Notes
5.1Scriptsupport
5.2Singlefiledebugging
5.3Pathwithspaces
5.4Forking
5.5UpdatetothenewestversionofMinGW
5.6Use32bitCDBfor32bitprogramsand64bitCDBfor64bitprograms
5.7LimitsontheearlyversionofMinGW
5.8Seealso

Builddebugversionofyourproject
Makesurethattheprojectiscompiledwiththeg(debuggingsymbols)compileroptionon,andthes(stripsymbols)option
off.Thisensuresthattheexecutablehasdebugsymbolsincluded.
Compileroptimizationswitchesshouldbeturnedoff,strippingsymbols(s)mustbeturnedoff.
Keepinmindthatyoumayhavetorebuildyourprojectasuptodateobjectfilesmightnotberecompiledwithg
otherwise.PleasebeawarethatincompilersotherthanGCC,gand/orsmightbeadifferentswitch(smightnotbe
availableatall).
Menu=>Project=>BuildOptions

AddWatches
Inversion10.05
OpenTheDebuggerWatchesWindow

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Thelistofwatchescanbesavedtoafileandlaterreloaded.Todoso,rightclickinthelistofwatchesandselect"savewatch
file"(and"loadwatchfile"toreloadthemagain).

In12.11orlatestnightlybuilds
Inthelatestnightlybuildsthewatcheswindowhasbeenredesignedandworksdifferentlythattheonein10.05.
Currentlytherearethreewaysofaddingwatchesinit:
1.Clickintheemptylastrowinthewatcheswindow,typethenameofthevariable(orfullexpression)andhitenter.
2.Whilethedebuggerhasstoppedonabreakpointselectavariablenameorfullexpression,rightclicktoopenthe
contextmenuandthenselect"Addwatch'expression'".
3.Selectanexpressionintheeditoranddrag'n'dropitinthewatcheswindow.
Theautomaticinclusionoflocalvariablesandfunctionargumentshavebeingreimplementedin13.12.

DoubleclickingintheCallstackwindow
Note:whendebugging,doubleclickingonaframeinthe"callstack"debugwindowdoesnotautomaticallyupdatethe
variablesdisplayedinthe"watches"debugwindow.
Youhavetorightclickonaframeinthe"callstack"debugwindowandselect"Switchtothisframe".

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SetBreakpoints
Findthelinecontainingthevariabletobewatched.Setabreakpointinapositionthatwillallowyoutoobservethevariable
value.
Menu=>Debug=>ToggleBreakpoint

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Runthedebuggeruntilthebreakpointisreached.RightclickthevariabletosetawatchintheWatchWindow.
Breakpointsmayalsobetoggledwithaleftclickinthelefteditormargin.

Notes
Scriptsupport
Code::Blocksnativelyusesquirrelscriptlanguagetodealwithgdb,see:Debuggerscripts.Asgdb7.xsupportpythonpretty
printer,so,itcanalsousegdb(withpythonsupport)toshowsomecomplexvariablevalues.seeforumthreadunofficial
MinGWGDBgdbwithpythonreleased(http://forums.codeblocks.org/index.php/topic,11301.msg77000.html#msg77000)
andUseGDBpythonunderCodeblocks(http://code.google.com/p/qpgcc/wiki/GDB)formoredetails.

Singlefiledebugging
Todebugyourprogramyouneedtosetupaproject.Singlefileprogramsarenotsupported.

Pathwithspaces
Breakpointscouldnotworkifthepath/folderyou'veplacedyourprojectcontainsspacesorotherspecialcharacters.Tobe
safeuseEnglishletters,digitsand'_'.

Forking
Ifyourapplicationusesthe'fork'systemcallyou'llhavetroublestoppingthedebuggedprogramorsettingbreakpointsonthe
fly.HereisalinkexplainingtheforkingmodesofGDB:http://sourceware.org/gdb/onlinedocs/gdb/Forks.html

UpdatetothenewestversionofMinGW
Fromgdb6.8releasedonApril2008,itsupportsmanyfeatureswhichdoesnotexistinearlyversions.Youcanupdateby
installingbinariesfromTDMMingwpackage(http://www.tdragon.net/recentgcc/).

Use32bitCDBfor32bitprogramsand64bitCDBfor64bitprograms
Itseemsthatdebugginga32bitprogramwith64bitCDBdoesn'tworkonWindows7,but32bitCDBworksperfectly.

LimitsontheearlyversionofMinGW
IfyourarestillusingtheMinGWandgdb6.7from8.02setupfiles(http://www.codeblocks.org/downloads/5),setting
breakpointsintheconstructorwillnotwork.Herearesometricks.
BreakpointsdonotworkinconstructorsordestructorsinGDB6.7andearlierversion.Theydo,however,workinroutines
calledfromthem.ThisisanearlyGDBrestriction,notabug.Soyoucoulddosomethinglike:

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...andplaceabreakpointin"DebugCtorDtor"attheline"inti=0".Thedebuggerwillbreakatthatline.Ifyouthenstepthe
debugger(MenuDebug=>NextLineoralternativelyF7)you'llreachthecodeintheconstructor/destructor("is_initialized=
true/false").

Seealso
Debuggerscripts
PrettyPrinters
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