I keep wondering how does a debugger work? Particulary the one that can be ‘attached’ to already running executable. I understand that compiler translates code to machine language, but then how does debugger ‘know’ what it is being attached to? 7 Answers 7
I just started out with Google Chrome extensions and I can’t seem to log to console from my background js. When an error occurs (because of a syntax error, for example), I can’t find any error messages either. My manifest file: { “name”: “My First Extension”, “version”: “1.0”, “manifest_version”: 2, “description”: “The first extension that … Read more
How can I set up gdb so that it saves the command history? When starting a new gdb session I’d like to use the arrow up keys to access the commands of the previous sessions. 2 Answers 2
In Visual Studio, we’ve all had “baadf00d”, have seen seen “CC” and “CD” when inspecting variables in the debugger in C++ during run-time. From what I understand, “CC” is in DEBUG mode only to indicate when a memory has been new() or alloc() and unitilialized. While “CD” represents delete’d or free’d memory. I’ve only seen … Read more
Closed. This question needs to be more focused. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it focuses on one problem only by editing this post. Closed 5 years ago. Improve this question What are best ways to Debug Clojure code, while using the repl? 14 Answers 14
I want to debug the whole flow of a (Java) program. I see there are several options for stepping through my program. What is the difference between step into and step over? 6 Answers 6
Is it possible to attach the IntelliJ IDEA debugger to a running Java process? If yes, how? 5 Answers 5
A friend of mine downloaded some malware from Facebook, and I’m curious to see what it does without infecting myself. I know that you can’t really decompile an .exe, but can I at least view it in Assembly or attach a debugger? Edit to say it is not a .NET executable, no CLI header. 16 … Read more
I’d like to use the Chrome developer console to look at variables and DOM elements in my app, but the app exists inside an iframe (since it’s an OpenSocial app). So the situation is: <containing site> <iframe id=’foo’ src=”https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3275816/different domain”> … my app … </iframe> </containing site> Is there any way to access things happening … Read more
Is there a way to profile Vim plugins? My MacVim becomes slower and slower when I open a large .py. I know I could deselect all plugins and reselect one by one to check which plugin is the culprit, but is there a faster way? My dotvim is here: https://github.com/charlax/dotvim 6 Answers 6
