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Ch 3. Using the HP Symbolic Debugger [ Symbolic Debugger/iX User's Guide ] MPE/iX 5.0 Documentation


Symbolic Debugger/iX User's Guide

Chapter 3  Using the HP Symbolic Debugger 

This chapter shows you how to start HP Symbolic debugger and how to use
its major features.  The first sections of the chapter list the steps you
must perform to begin using the debugger and familiarize you with the
screen display.  The last sections of the chapter show you how to perform
various tasks.  You do not perform these tasks necessarily in the same
order as they are listed; pick and choose the tasks depending on your
requirements.

To get started with HP Symbolic Debugger, read and perform these sections
in order:

   *   Preparing the Program

   *   Starting the HP Symbolic Debugger

   *   Starting the Program

Once you start the program, read and perform the sections below that
correspond to the tasks you need to perform:

   *   Ending the Program

   *   Ending the HP Symbolic Debugger

   *   Displaying Lines in the Source Program

   *   Controlling the Command Window Display

   *   Changing the Source Window Size

   *   Displaying Assembly Code

   *   Displaying Source and Assembly Code

   *   Stepping through the Program

   *   Searching for a String in the Program

   *   Pausing during Execution

   *   Displaying Data

   *   Modifying Data

   *   Tracing Function and Procedure Calls

   *   Capturing and Rerunning a Debug Session

   *   Executing Commands at Each Source Line

   *   Using Macros

   *   Altering the Execution Sequence

   *   Getting Help



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