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Offline papagym

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How do I keep the console window visible when using the debugger
« on: September 06, 2015, 03:19:21 am »
While debugging a simple program with CB, the console screen gets hidden behind the editor screen as soon as I use step into. 

Is there a way to keep it visible so I don't have to minimize the editor to see it whenever I use step into?

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Re: How do I keep the console window visible when using the debugger
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2015, 09:53:10 am »
Yes, place the windows tiled horizontally, or make the console window to be always on top (if it is possible in you de/wm).
The debugger doesn't know about windows produced by other programs, so it cannot raise them.
Also using step-in will leave you back in the debugger, so most people expect that the editor has focus and it is visible.
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Re: How do I keep the console window visible when using the debugger
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2015, 03:53:03 am »
I would like to have both the debugger window open and the console window on top of it. So I can see them both at the same time to see what happening.  Was not aware that you could make the console window be always on top.  How do I do that? Is there a hidden menu at the top of the console to do this?

I don't think I want to use them horizontally, since I can pin both of the window to the task bar in Windows 7 and just click on the opposite one to open it

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Re: How do I keep the console window visible when using the debugger
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2015, 08:11:06 am »
I don't know if win7 has this feature. Most windows manager on linux has it though.
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Re: How do I keep the console window visible when using the debugger
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2015, 03:42:32 am »
 What is this supposed to mean?

"Most windows manager on linux has it though"

If I were a Linux user how do they keep them both open?

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Re: How do I keep the console window visible when using the debugger
« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2015, 12:07:37 pm »
Most window managers on linux make it possible to make a window be always on top.
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