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User forums => General (but related to Code::Blocks) => Topic started by: and4cb on October 25, 2012, 07:04:57 am
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OS = Vista Home Premium
CB Version = Release 10.05 rev 6283
Compiler = MinGW 4.4.1
GDB 6.3-2
Coding Language: C
Hello. I am new to Code::Blocks, and I installed the whole 10.05 package that included the compiler and debugger in March 2012 (codeblocks-10.05mingw-setup.exe).
I understand that there is supposed to be an arrow marking the current location when the debugger is run, moving down each time I select either Next Line or Next Instruction, etc.
But when I run the debugger, I never see the arrow that is supposed to mark the current line (current location).
I could not find the original GDB version number to include in this post, so I installed just installed GDB 6.3-2; there is no noticeable change -- the arrow still does not appear.
How can I get the arrow to show up? Am I doomed to not have the arrow because I am using Vista?
Any guidance you can provide is greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
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CB Version = Release 10.05 rev 6283
Please use a C::B nightly build version.
GDB 6.3-2
Please use a more recent gdb version, which is gdb 7.5.
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Thank you for your reply, ollydgb.
I installed the "nightly" from 10/23/2012 and the 7.5 gdb as you suggested, and I get the focus arrow only sometimes.
When I "step into" a function call that returns void, such as:
Initialize();
... the file containing that function opens and the focus arrow moves to the appropriate line.
However, when I "step into" a function that returns an int to main(), such as:
cnt = func1(num);
... the file containing that function does not open. Even if I open the file manually, the focus arrow does not show up in this function.
Please let me know if you have an idea as to what I am doing wrong in C::B.
Again, thank you.
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When I "step into" a function call that returns void, such as:
Initialize();
... the file containing that function opens and the focus arrow moves to the appropriate line.
However, when I "step into" a function that returns an int to main(), such as:
cnt = func1(num);
... the file containing that function does not open.
Sample code please, I think you should tell use how to reproduce this problem. (Tell us step by step)
Also, please enable the full debugger plugin log, and post the log message here.
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The missing arrow is back for now. Thank you for your help. The time consuming solution was to make a new project in the new version of C::B (newest Nightly used), then to make a new file in that new project for each of my code files. The result is that the debugger and C::B are no longer ignoring some of my code files.
Thank you again for your kind assistance.