[plt-scheme] DrScheme Debugger not showing values of variables orexpressions.

From: Gregory Cooper (greg at cs.brown.edu)
Date: Sat Aug 25 23:59:55 EDT 2007

I haven't encountered any of these problems under MacOS or Linux.
I'll try to reproduce them on Windows and take it from there.

On 8/25/07, Jos Koot <jos.koot at telefonica.net> wrote:
> On my windows xp home system PLT DrScheme opens files twice. I am already
> accustumed to type clt w after entereing DrScheme by opening a .scm or .ss file.
> PLT Schme version 371 does a correct job of debugging, in principle, except that
> every time I hit the step button a new tab is opened and I have to type ctl w in
> order to return to the tab that is being debugged. Yes, it is a little bit
> annoying, but in everybother respect PLT Scheme is great.
> Jos Koot
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gregory Cooper" <greg at cs.brown.edu>
> To: "Ethan Herdrick" <info at reatlas.com>
> Cc: "mzscheme Mailing List" <plt-scheme at list.cs.brown.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 6:03 AM
> Subject: Re: [plt-scheme] DrScheme Debugger not showing values of variables
> orexpressions.
>
>
> > Hi Ethan,
> >
> > What language level are you using?  Would you mind sending me (an
> > excerpt of) your code so I can try it out and look into the problem?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Greg
> >
> > On 8/24/07, Ethan Herdrick <info at reatlas.com> wrote:
> >> No, there are new *features* for the debugger in 371, but the debugger
> >> is already present in 370.
> >>
> >> I can set breakpoints and step through code.  I just can't do anything
> >> while I'm there.
> >>
> >> On 8/24/07, Todd O'Bryan <toddobryan at mac.com> wrote:
> >> > I think the debugger first made its appearance in version 371.
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, 2007-08-24 at 21:18 -0400, Ethan Herdrick wrote:
> >> > > Hi,
> >> > >
> >> > > I'm trying to use the DrScheme debugger but I'm not seeing the values
> >> > > of variables to the right of the debug buttons, nor the result of
> >> > > expressions to the left of the debug buttons.  (I'm seeing neither of
> >> > > these anywhere else, either.)  This is not what I expected given the
> >> > > following excerpt from the manual.
> >> > >
> >> > > "When the program is paused, move the mouse over a variable to display
> >> > > its value in the debugging panel to the right of the buttons. When
> >> > > pausing at an expression's result, the result is shown to the left of
> >> > > the debugging panel's buttons, and the result can be changed by
> >> > > right-clicking the pause point."
> >> > >
> >> > > I'm running DrScheme 370 on Windows.
> >> > >
> >> > > Thank you.
> >> > >
> >> > > -Ethan Herdrick
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