Does the perl debugger for Ecipse, EPIC, support conditional breakpoints yet? If so could someone tell me how to add one as all the documentation I've read says nothing about conditional breakpoints in perl. I see them for the Java debugger but not for Perl. Or they aren't supported, is there a way to add one manually? For example, continue running script until $var = 10008, then allow me to step through the code.
Thank you
Devel::Trepan has gdb-style conditional breakpoints. Perhaps there is or someone will write an Eclipse plugin.
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Is it possible to disable WARNINGS (text in red) for the Output window, and only allow it to report errors?
I try a bit with the settings, and according to other posts I set Quiet for the Ant, and option -q for Maven, but it has no effect whatsoever.
So can anyone tell if it can be done at all, and if so, how, please?
From what I see the warnings are generated by the program you execute (or maybe by a library used by your program).
Ant or Maven are build tools to generate your program, that's why changing their verbosity level won't impact the program output.
You should check if your program accepts some command-line options, there might be one to adjust the verbosity level.
EDIT: just had a look at "aparapi", I see that it's a library, so you should check the library API if you can configure the verbosity level, or if you can redirect log messages to a file.
I am using a web form I created as an interface to query a MySQL database. I have written some
perl CGI scripts to process the queries. But I am not getting the desired output, so I need to
debug the scripts. How do I do that? I mostly use Eclipse for debugging perl, but now I have the
web form parameters (checkboxes, listboxes) as input to the script. Is there any way I can pass
in the inputs from the web page and then debug the script in Eclipse? Or is there any other way
of debugging in this case? Hope I have made myself clear. Thanks.
I use this Perl module for CGI debugging. It lets you capture all data sent to a CGI script, when running from a normal browser. It then lets you "replay" the script from anywhere (command line, within a debugger) using the captured data.
CGI::Inspect looks promising, though I haven't tried it yet myself.
Using Devel::DumpTrace during a normal CGI session (with the data being logged to a file, via DUMPTRACE_FH) is a way to do in-depth debugging, without using an actual debugger.
Yes, of course you can use Apaches error log to do debugging; which a very lazy but efficient way to work.
You mention you use Eclipse so I assume you also use the EPIC plug-in for Perl development. Check out this chapter on how to configure Eclipse/EPIC for debugging CGI:
http://www.epic-ide.org/guide/ch06s02.php
I would hope Eclipse has a way to simulate CGI.
I use ActiveState's Komodo IDE, and it can simulate CGI (including input params), so I can recommend that as a good tool for this purpose. The IDE is NOT free, though, but consider this an investment if you're going to be doing this a lot. (I'm NOT affiliated with ActiveState - just a happy customer.)
It's not clear what exactly you want to debug, but a few tips:
When running under Apache, warnings go to the error.log, so you could follow your variables there.
The CGI.pm module allows you to run CGI scripts from the command-line (with parameters).
if you have a hypothetical CGI program written in perl, called webawesome.pl and you want to pass it two parameters: name and age, you can use a shell command like this:
prompt> perl -d webawesome.pl name=sifl age=21
Now you're in the perl debugger and you can step through your program, and the key/value pairs from the command line will be loaded as form parameters by CGI.pm
Setting these command line switches in Eclipse is left as an exercise to the reader, as I am an unabashed vi user, and haven't use eclipse in two or three years. I know there's dialogs to set run/debug options.
You can use Firebug or Fiddler to watch your requests made from the form, to ensure you are sending exactly what you think you are. You can also open a file open(fh,">>debug.txt") and print out the sql calls that you are making to a log file. I would also suggest learning about Data::Dumper which will print out objects prettily so you can see their structure.
I'm asking this in relation to Flex Builder, but it might apply to Eclipse in general.
Trace statements in Flex Builder get sent to an Eclipse Output Console. What is the easiest way to filter this text on the Eclipse side?
Specifically, I'd like to be able to filter (ignore) lines by patterns.
I came across Logback, but it seems like overkill for this scenario. Is there no way to script something like this Eclipse itself?
Nothing specific to FlexBuilder. If you need such a functionality, you'd need to write an Eclipse plug-in.
Take a look at grep-console one to start off.
Also GrepClipse may help. Also available on the Eclipse Martket.
there is also Easy Console Grepper
which opens up own console, easier at first then grep-console I think. Just define what You searching and it will show after console execution lines with searched expression.
Please use Easy Console Grepper Eclipse Plugin as this is much easier and more intuitive than grep-console.
I want to use a real IDE for editing javascript files in combination with Firebug. In the 'Add editor' dialog for Firebug I'm allowed to specify executable and arguments. So the question is really how do I open a file in Eclipse/Netbeans from the command line.
Extra points for allowing me to choose between opening a new Eclipse/netbeans instance and reusing an already running one.
Not an exact answer I'm afraid, but this information might help.
Eclipse Help - Running Eclipse
Fireclipse: Debug from FF straight into Eclipse
I havent tried this yet but looks interesting Javascript Debug Toolkit 2.0.0
Also I have heard that aptana is pretty good
Ever though about the other way round? That means to start eclipse, start there a debug session with Firebug included?
If that could be an answer, see the explanation under Installing the JavaScript degbugger for the Aptana Studio. There is an option to install Aptana inside eclipse instead of loading the whole thing.
Caveat: I have never tried that, but I use currently Aptana for programming Rails, perhaps I will use that in the near future.
I'd like to script FlexBuilder so that I can run debug or profile without having to switch to FlexBuilder and manually clicking the button (or using the key combo). Is this possible without writing an extension?
To be more specific, this is exactly what I want to do: I want to create a TextMate command that talks to FlexBuilder and makes it run the debug target for the currently selected project. TextMate already has support for interacting with Xcode in this way, and it would be great to be able to do the same with FlexBuilder.
When compiling I use Ant and have full control over that from TextMate, what I want is to be able to launch the debugger and the profiler. The command line debugger is unusable and there is no other profiler available than the one in FlexBuilder.
Since FlexBuilder essentially is an extended version of Eclipse, any tools/scripts for doing the same in Eclipse should work for FlexBuilder aswell. I couldn't find any tools like this googling it, have you considered doing away with FlexBuilder completely, there are plenty of guides for using the mxmlc (or fcsh) compilers directly from your editor.
I do not know if there is a plugin like this for Eclipse however if not you can write one as it should be easy.
If the specific command that you want to call shows up in Windows/Preferences - General/Keys, you can create a plugin that takes commands from TextMate (I do not know what protocol TextMate uses, socket or something else) and executed the specific action that is associated with the command that also appears in preferences.