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bug #34712: "help debug" is stingy with its help

Submitter:  Clem <clemwang>
Submitted:  Tue 01 Nov 2011 07:46:17 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  None Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Documentation
Status:  Fixed Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Clem Open/Closed:  * Closed
Release:  * 3.4.0 Operating System:  * Mac OS
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Thu 15 Dec 2011 03:04:49 AM UTC, comment #2: 
Jordi GutiƩrrez Hermoso <jordigh>
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Wed 14 Dec 2011 08:02:42 PM UTC, comment #1: 

I clarified the documentation in this changeset (http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/472a25155d82).  The results will be available in the new 3.6.0 release scheduled for this month.

Rik <rik5>
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Tue 01 Nov 2011 07:46:17 AM UTC, original submission:  

This is more of a request:

I was relatively new to Octave, but I've debugged with many other systems.  I did
"help debug" and was sorely disappointed that it seemed like Octave didn't have a step in.

Well, it turns out that "help debug" is very stingy with telling you the whole truth...  It doesn't mention "step in" at all.

I needed to be more insightful and guess that I needed to do "help dbstep", which I didn't do...

I think the preconception caught me (and will catch others), is that most debuggers have SHORT, SEPARATE commands, for:

for step (such as "s")
for step in (such as "si")
for step out (such as "so")

So, I wasn't expecting ONE command (dbstep) to cover all three types of stepping, so it didn't occur to me that dbstep was what I wanted...

So...  I would like to see that "help debug" briefly mention step in and step out, which it doesn't do now.  Then I know I needed to do "help dbstep" to get more info.

Perhaps it's my fault for not being more clever, but help really should be helpful!



Clem <clemwang>

 

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