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authorLeena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@nokia.com>2012-09-12 14:53:55 +0200
committerhjk <qthjk@ovi.com>2012-09-12 15:28:25 +0200
commitf044873fb1d61c0c3bcc6bcd5ca0dbd7f27e3cbf (patch)
tree9942f76aba5217f4bb87ad8be7a3ee6522dd3559 /doc
parent8a917b3011b8774b33abf2ba79b248c914a2f3ca (diff)
Doc: changes in debugger management for kits
Change-Id: I3bfd3b0794281a4776437f9498bf4a7251f30c20 Reviewed-by: Friedemann Kleint <Friedemann.Kleint@nokia.com> Reviewed-by: hjk <qthjk@ovi.com>
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if they are installed on the development PC, but were not detected
automatically. For more information, see \l{Adding Compilers}.
- \o In the \gui Debugger field, specify the type of debugger to
- use (\gui {GDB Engine} or \gui {CDB Engine}) and the path to the
- debugger command:
-
- \list
-
- \o For the \gui {CDB Engine} (Windows only), specify the path to
- the Windows Console Debugger executable.
-
- \o For the \gui {GDB Engine}, specify the path to the GDB
- executable. The executable must be built with Python
- scripting support enabled (except when debugging on Mac OS).
-
- \list
-
- \o For local debugging on Linux or Mac OS, select
- \gui {Auto Detect} to automatically locate the
- debugger command.
-
- \o For debugging on embedded devices using a different
- ABI, you must provide a special executable.
-
- \o For debugging on Windows using MinGW, select a
- Windows executable of GDB with Python scripting
- enabled. You can download it from
- \l{http://builds.qt-project.org/job/gdb-windows}.
-
- \endlist
-
- \endlist
+ \o In the \gui Debugger field, select \gui Manage to automatically
+ detect a suitable debugger or to edit the currently selected
+ debugger. For more information, see \l{Selecting the Debugger}.
\o In the \gui {Qt version} field, select the Qt version to use for
building the project. You can add Qt versions to the list if they
@@ -137,4 +110,34 @@
\endlist
+ \section1 Selecting the Debugger
+
+ To automatically detect a suitable debugger in the \gui Debugger field,
+ select \gui Manage > \gui {Auto-detect}. This should work for the CDB engine
+ and for the GDB engine for local debugging on Linux or Mac OS.
+
+ To edit the selected debugger, select \gui Manage > \gui Edit. In the
+ \gui {Debugger for} dialog, specify the type of debugger to use
+ (\gui {GDB Engine} or \gui {CDB Engine}) and the path to the debugger
+ binary.
+
+ For the \gui {CDB Engine} (Windows only), specify the path to the Windows
+ Console Debugger executable.
+
+ For the \gui {GDB Engine}, specify the path to the GDB executable. The
+ executable must be built with Python scripting support enabled
+ (except when debugging on Mac OS). The options you have depend on the
+ development and target platform:
+
+ \list
+
+ \o For debugging on embedded devices using a different ABI, you must
+ provide a special executable.
+
+ \o For debugging on Windows using MinGW, select a Windows executable of
+ GDB with Python scripting enabled. You can download it from
+ \l{http://builds.qt-project.org/job/gdb-windows}.
+
+ \endlist
+
*/