Debugging full-screen programs?

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From: Jason Merrill
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 06:25

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The traditional gdb/dbx interface fails miserably if the program you are
trying to debug wants to take over the whole screen.  How can I debug
programs like this?

I cannot use the attach/detach functions of gdb.

I am using screen 3.2, but if I tell the program to use another screen tty,
the program that was already using that tty tends to fight bloody war with
the program I am trying to debug over control of the tty.

Any suggestions?

--
Jason Merrill
jason@jarthur.claremont.edu

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