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

From: Jos Koot (jos.koot at telefonica.net)
Date: Sun Aug 26 01:33:14 EDT 2007

Thanks,
I am curious about your findings.
Jos Koot

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gregory Cooper" <greg at cs.brown.edu>
To: "Jos Koot" <jos.koot at telefonica.net>
Cc: "Ethan Herdrick" <info at reatlas.com>; "mzscheme Mailing List" 
<plt-scheme at list.cs.brown.edu>
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 5:59 AM
Subject: Re: [plt-scheme] DrScheme Debugger not showing values of variables 
orexpressions.


>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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