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<CENTER><H1>The Source Window</H1></CENTER>
<H3>Overview</H3>
<BR>
The Source Window is the primary interface between the user and the
debugger; it is automatically opened when the debugger starts.
The Source Window displays the status of the trace experiment, controls
navigation of the trace buffer, and allows visualization of the program
execution.
<P>Source Window topics:
<UL>
<LI><UL><A HREF="#menus">Menus</A>
<LI><A HREF="#menus_file">File Menu</A>
<LI><A HREF="#menus_run">Run Menu</A>
<LI><A HREF="#menus_view">View Menu</A>
<LI><A HREF="#menus_trace">Trace Menu</A>
<LI><A HREF="#menus_prefs">Preferences Menu</A>
</UL>
<LI><UL><A HREF="#toolbar">Toolbar</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toolbar_exec">Trace Control Buttons</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toolbar_window">Window Buttons</A>
<LI><A HREF="#toolbar_frame">Frame Control</A>
</UL>
<LI><UL><A HREF="#display">Source Window Display</A>
<LI><A HREF="#display_balloon">Variable Balloons</A>
<LI><A HREF="#display_popup">Source Pop-up Mens</A>
</UL>
<LI><UL><A HREF="#status">Source Window Status Bars</A>
<LI><A HREF="#status_bar">Program Status Bar</A>
<LI><A HREF="#status_mode">Source Display Status Bar</A>
</UL>
<LI><A HREF="#search">Search Entry</A>
</UL></P>
<H3><A NAME="menus">Menus</A></H3>
<H4><A NAME="menus_file">File Menu</A></H4>
The File menu contains the following items:
<DL>
<DT>Open
<DD>Opens a file selection dialog to select the executable to debug
<DT>Target Settings...
<DD>Opens the <A HREF="target.html">Target Selection Dialog</A>
to edit target settings
<DT>Page Setup
<DD>(Windows only) Opens the Windows Page Setup dialog to
configure printing
<DT>Print
<DD>(Windows only) Print the contents of the Source Window Display
<DT>Exit
<DD>Exits the debugger
</DL>
<H4><A NAME="menus_run">Run Menu</A></H4>
The Run menu contains the following items:
<DL>
<DT>Connect to target
<DD>Establish a connection to a target. This option will open
the <A HREF="target.html">Target Selection Dialog</A> if no
previous connection has been established in the current
session.
<DT>Begin Collection
<DD>Start collecting trace data on the target
<DT>End Collection
<DD>Stop collecting trace data on the target
<DT>Disconnect
<DD>Disconnect the debugger from the target
</DL>
<H4><A NAME="menus_view">View Menu</A></H4>
The View menu contains the following items:
<DL>
<DT>Stack
<DD>Open a <A HREF="stack.html">Stack Window</A>
<DT>Registers
<DD>Open a <A HREF="register.html">Register Window</A>
<DT>Memory
<DD>Open a <A HREF="memory.html">Memory Window</A>
<DT>Watch Expressions
<DD>Open a <A HREF="watch.html">Watch Window</A>
<DT>Local Variables
<DD>Open a <A HREF="locals.html">Locals Window</A>
<DT>Tracepoints
<DD>Open a <A HREF="tp.html">Tracepoint Window</A>
<DT>Tdump
<DD>Open a <A HREF="tdump.html">Tracepoint Dump Window</A>
<DT>Console
<DD>Open a <A HREF="console.html">Console Window</A>
</DL>
<H4><A NAME="menus_trace">Trace Menu</A></H4>
The Trace Menu contains the following items:
<DL>
<DT>Next Hit
<DD>Update all displays with the next tracepoint in the
tracepoint buffer
<DT>Previous Hit
<DD>Go to the previous tracepoint in the buffer
<DT>First Hit
<DD>View the first tracepoint in the buffer
<DT>Next Line Hit
<DD>Go to the next tracepoint in the buffer in the same
frame as the current tracepoint
<DT>Next Hit Here
<DD>Jump to the next reference of the current tracepoint
in the buffer
<DT>Tfind Line...
<DD>Opens a dialog allowing the user to specify which source
line to inpect in the tracepoint buffer
<DT>Tfind PC...
<DD>Opens a dialog allowing the user to specify the PC of the
tracepoint to view
<DT>Tfind Tracepoint...
<DD>Opens a dialog allowing the user to specify which tracepoint
to view (by number). This option is most commonly used in
conjunction with the <A HREF="console.html">Console Window</A>.
</DL>
<H4><A NAME="menus_prefs">Preferences Menu</A></H4>
The Preferences menu contains the following items:
<DL>
<DT>Global
<DD>Opens the <A HREF="gbl_pref.html">Global Preferences Dialog</A>
and allows editing of global settings
<DT>Source
<DD>Opens the <A HREF="src_pref.html">Source Preferences Dialog</A>
and allows editing of Source Window settings
<DT>Register
<DD>Opens the <A HREF="reg_pref.html">Register Preferences Dialog</A>
and allows editing of Register Window settings
</DL>
<H3><A NAME="toolbar">Toolbar</A></H3>
The Source Window toolbar consists of three functional sections: trace
control buttons, debugger window buttons, and stack frame control buttons.
<BR>
<H4><A NAME="toolbar_exec">Tracing Control Buttons</A></H4>
These convenience buttons provide on-screen access to the most important
debugger tracing control functions:
<DL>
<DT><A NAME="run_button"><IMG SRC="%run"> TStart</A> or
<A NAME="stop_button"><IMG SRC="%stop"></A> TStop
<DD>The TStart Button causes the target to start collecting trace data
<DD>The TStop Button causes the target to stop collecting trace data
<DT>Next Hit
<DD>Update all displays with the next tracepoint in the
tracepoint buffer
<DT>Previous Hit
<DD>Go to the previous tracepoint in the buffer
<DT>First Hit
<DD>View the first tracepoint in the buffer
<DT>Next Line Hit
<DD>Go to the next tracepoint in the buffer in the same
frame as the current tracepoint
<DT>Next Hit Here
<DD>Jump to the next reference of the current tracepoint
in the buffer
</DL>
<H4><A NAME="toolbar_window">Window Buttons</A></H4>
The Debugger Window buttons give instant access to the Debugger's
auxillary windows:
<DL>
<DT><A NAME="register_button"><IMG SRC="%register"></A> Registers
<DD>Open a <A HREF="register.html">Register Window</A>
<DT><A NAME="memory_button"><IMG SRC="%memory"></A> Memory
<DD>Open a <A HREF="memory.html">Memory Window</A>
<DT><A NAME="stack_button"><IMG SRC="%stack"></A> Stack
<DD>Open a <A HREF="stack.html">Stack Window</A>
<DT><A NAME="watch_button"><IMG SRC="%watch"></A> Watch Expressions
<DD>Open a <A HREF="watch.html">Watch Window</A>
<DT><A NAME="locals_button"><IMG SRC="%locals"></A> Local Variables
<DD>Open a <A HREF="locals.html">Locals Window</A>
<DT><A NAME="tracepoints_button">Tracepoints</A>
<DD>Open a <A HREF="tp.html">Tracepoint Window</A>
<DT>Tracepoint Dump Window
<DD>Open a <A HREF="tdump.html">Tdump Window</A>
<DT><A NAME="console_button"><IMG SRC="%console"></A> Console
<DD>Open a <A HREF="console.html">Console Window</A>
</DL>
<H4><A NAME="toolbar_frame">Frame Control</A></H4>
The Frame Control area of the toolbar displays information about the PC of
the current frame, and the frame control buttons may be used to navigate
through the call stack. Whenever any of these buttons are used, both the
Source Window Display and the <A HREF="stack.html">Stack Window</A> will
show the selected frame. In order to use the Stack Window in tracing mode,
the stack pointer must be collected.
<DL>
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<DT><IMG SRC="images/frame_info.gif"> Frame Information Display
<DD>The left half of the frame information display shows the
value of the PC in the current frame. The right half shows
the line number of the PC in the source file, if available.
<DT><A NAME="up_button"><IMG SRC="%up"></A> Up
<DD>Select and view the stack frame that called this one
<DT><A NAME="down_button"><IMG SRC="%down"></A> Down
<DD>Select and view the stack frame called by this one
<DT><A NAME="bottom_button"><IMG SRC="%bottom"></A> Bottom
<DD>Select and view the bottom-most stack frame
</DL>
<H3><A NAME="display">Source Display</A></H3>
The Source Display is used for many things: browsing source code, setting,
editing, and deleting tracepoints, and a few other special functions.
Executable lines (those for which executable code was generated by the
compiler) are denoted with a marker (a dash, "-") in the first column of
the display.
<P>The debugger highlights the PC in the current frame in either green,
indicating that the PC is in the current tracepoint, or gold, indicating
that the PC is contained in a frame that is not the current tracepoint, i.e.,
as part of a stack backtrace. A blue highlight is used by the debugger to
indicate a browsing position. All highlight colors
are user-selectable in the <A HREF="src_pref.html">Source Preferences</A>.</P>
<BR>
<H4><A NAME="setting_a_tracepoint">Setting a Tracepoint</A></H4>
Moving the mouse pointer over the "hot spot" of an executable line will change
the mouse cursor to a large dot. Clicking the left mouse button will then allow
tracepoint to be inserted at this line. If no tracepoint exists, the
<A HREF="tracedlg.html">Add Tracepoint Dialog</A> will appear. If a tracepoint
is installed, the dash in the left margin will change into a magenta breakdot.
If a tracepoint exists, the <A HREF="tracedlg.html">Edit Tracepoint Dialog</A>
appears, allowing either modification of the tracepoint or deletion of the
tracepoint. If the tracepoint is deleted, the breakdot will revert to a dash.</P>
<P>The executable line marker shows the status of each line: an empty marker
(the dash) indicates that no tracepoint is set at the line. A colored breakdot
indicates that a tracepoint exists at the line.</P>
<P>The display will attempt to show the value of variables in
<A NAME="display_balloon">variable balloons</A>. To activate a
variable balloon, simply hold the mouse cursor over the name of
a variable in the Source Display for a second or two: the debugger displays the
name of the variable, its type, and its value in a pop-up balloon. If the
variable was not collected, the Variable Balloon will show a memory-access error.</P>
<BR>
<H4><A NAME="display_popup">Source Pop-up Menus</A></H4>
The Source Display has two pop-up menus. One is activated by clicking the
right mouse button when the mouse cursor is over an executable line marker's
hot spot. This pop-up menu provides access to:
<DL>
<DT>Set Tracepoint
<DD>Opens the <A HREF="#tracedlg">Add/Edit Tracepoint Dialog</A>,
which allows new tracepoints to be set and modification and
deletion of existing tracepoints.
</DL>
<P>The other pop-up menu is activated by clicking the right mouse button
anywhere else in the Source Display. It is only available when a variable
or number in the display lies below the mouse cursor or is selected
(by clicking the left mouse button and dragging the mouse to highlight
the variable/number). The pop-up menu allows users to:
<DL>
<DT><A NAME="add_to_watch">Add <I>expr</I> to Watch</A>
<DD>Adds the selected expression to the <A HREF="watch.html">Watch
Window</A>, opening it, if necessary.
<DT>Dump Memory at <I>expr</I>
<DD>Opens a new <A HREF="memory.html">Memory Window</A> at the
selected expression. If the expression is a variable, then
the Memory Window is opened with memory addresses starting
at the value of the variable.
<DT>Set Tracepoint Range
<DD>This option is only available when a range of lines is highlighted
in the Source Display. It allows tracepoints with the same
properties to be set at every executable line in the range. If
any tracepoints exist in the range already, the debugger will
ask if the properties of the existing tracepoint should be
replaced with the properties of the range.
</DL>
</P>
<H4><A NAME="status">Source Window Status Bars</A></H4>
The Source Window has two status bars which inform the user of the
status of the program (the "status bar") and the status of the Source
Window.
<P>The <A NAME="status_bar">Program Status Bar</A> (or simply "Status Bar")
displays the status of the program. Common messages seen here include:
<DL>
<DT>No program loaded.
<DD>No program has been loaded into target memory.
<DT>Inspecting trace at <I>line/address</I>
<DD>The debugger is inspecting the tracepoint at line
<I>line</I> or address <I>address</I>. Use the
<A HREF="#toolbar_exec">Tracing Control Buttons</A>
to navigate through the trace buffer.
</DL>
<P>The Status Bar also displays some help information. For instance,
the Status Bar will show the function of a button on the toolbar or
the Source Display Status Bar as well as any keyboard shortcut for this
button.</P>
<BR>
<H4><A NAME="status_mode">Source Display Status Bar</A></H4>
current state of the Source Window: the name of the file displayed in
the Display, the name of the function in the Display which contains
the PC for the current frame (if any), and the display mode.
<P>The <A NAME="file_selector">Source File Selector</A> is a dropdown
menu which contains the names of all the files that were compiled into
the program being debugged.</P>
<P>Normally, the File Selector displays the name of the file currently being
viewed, but any file from the dropdown menu may be selected for browsing.
Simply select the file to view from the available choices (or type it directly
into the File Selector) and the Source Window will load that file into
the Display. To return to the current tracepoint, simply press the
<A HREF="#bottom_button">Bottom Frame Control Button</A>.</P>
<P>The <A NAME="function_selector">Source Function Selector</A> displays the
name of the function containing the Source Window's PC, if one exists, but it
may be used to browse any function in the current file. Simply type the name
of the desired function into the Function Selector or select it from the
dropdown menu. The Source Window's PC is updated to point at this function.
To return to the current tracepoint, simply press the
<A HREF="#bottom_button">Bottom Frame Control Button</A>.</P>
<P>The <A NAME="mode_selector">Source Display Mode Selector</A> displays
the viewing mode of the current file/function shown in the Source
Window Display.</P>
<P>The Display Mode Selector may be used to change the view of the current
source file. The available display modes are
<DL>
<DT>SOURCE
<DD>The contents of the Display are shown as source code.
If source code is not available (either because no debugging
information is available or the source file is not found),
the Source Window will revert the Display Mode to "ASSEMBLY".
<DT>ASSEMBLY
<DD>A disassembly of the target's memory is shown in the Display.
Even assembly source files show a disassembly of target memory;
to see the assembly source code, use the SOURCE mode. Note that the
debugger can only display assmebly code on a function-by-function
basis. It cannot display all the instructions generated from a single
source file.
<DT>MIXED
<DD>The Display shows source code mixed with the assembler
instructions which were generated for those lines by the
compiler for the current funtion. Note that the addresses
of the assembly lines is not necessarily monotonically
increasing. If the source file associated with the function
cannot be found, the Source Window will revert to ASSEMBLY mode.
<DT>SRC+ASM
<DD>The Source Window Display is divided into two panes: an
assembly pane and a source pane. Tracepoints may be set/cleared
in either pane.
</DL>
<BR>
<H3><A NAME="search">Search Entry</A></H3>
The Search Entry facilitates searching for text in the Source Window Display. Simply enter the
text to be found into the Search Entry and press the Enter key on the keyboard to search
forwards in the Source Window Display (hold down ths Shift key to search backwards). If
a match is found, it is highlighted in the Source Window and the Program Status Bar
displays information about where the match was found.
<P>The Search Entry can also jump the Source Window to a specific line. Enter the line
number preceeded by an at-sign (@) into the Search Entry and press enter. If entered
line number is greater than the total number of lines in the Source Window Display,
the Display will jump to the end of the current file.</P>
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