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Title: Viewing wxString in Debugger
Post by: ermano on December 15, 2013, 10:09:50 am

Good morning,

after installing the new CB on my Windows 8 machine the first feel is right (Thanks to the developers !)
For me the main handicap so far is that the new versions of wxWidgets (after 2.8) combined with the newer CB/mingW (after 10.05)
versions do not allow to see wxStrings in the Watch Window anymore. I spent a lot of time in the past trying to sort this out
without any success so far.
Apparently this is still the case in the new CB/wxWidgets3.0 combination.

Is there a chance that this issue could be resolved in the future ?

Thanks:  Hermann

Title: Re: Viewing wxString in Debugger
Post by: oBFusCATed on December 15, 2013, 12:24:23 pm

It is already resolved.
Just install python enabled gdb, wx's python pretty printers for gdb and you're good to go.
Probably you'll need to disable the "enable watch scripts" option in the debugger settings in order to allow C::B to use gdb pretty printers.

Title: Re: Viewing wxString in Debugger
Post by: ermano on December 15, 2013, 02:18:23 pm

Wow, that was quick !

It seems that you guys are working all the time !
Would you see a chance to get this module integrated in a future CB version  ?
for somebody that doesn't feel at ease fiddling with debugger settings (as it is
the case for a newbie like me)  it looks like adding (unnecessary ?) complexity
to an otherwise great IDE.

Thanks:  Hermann

Title: Re: Viewing wxString in Debugger
Post by: BlueHazzard on December 15, 2013, 06:17:43 pm

http://forums.codeblocks.org/index.php/topic,15050.msg101768.html