[Pythonmac-SIG] Help with IDE Debugger please

[Just van Rossum]

At 9:44 AM -0500 08-11-2000, Rick Lee wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am having trouble figuring out how to use the IDE debugger.  I can
>start up IDE, and turn on debugger in the Hack menu.  The debugger says
>running.  After that, I am stumped.  I import a file in the interpreter
>window; the file runs and does not hit the debugger.  I open a file in
>the editor window, hit "run all", and nothing seems to happen.  I have
>the same problem in 1.52 and 2.0 most recent version.  I did not make
>any changes to the installed directories or installed files.

1) The debugger isn't meant to work from the interactive window

2) The usual way to enable the debugger is to choose "Enable debugger" in
the little popup menu present at the top right corner of the edit window.
This allows you to set breakpoints.

3) The hack menu version triggers the debugger globally, but it will only
stop at a breakpoint. See 2...

Hope this helps,

Just