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Graphical Interfaces and Integrated Development Environments using GDB

Many people have implemented a graphical user interface on top of GDB, the following are a sample:

• Seer, a GUI frontend for GDB on GNU/Linux, using GDB/MI.
• Insight is a GUI for GDB written in tcl/tk.
• DDD is a popular GUI for GDB and dbx.
• Code Medic is another GUI written for GDB.
  It integrates with Code Crusader for more IDE integration of the GNU development tools.
• kdbg is another GUI written for GDB, designed for the K Desktop Environment.
• HP Wildebeest (WDB) version of GDB which is included in new versions of HPUX.
• GNU Visual Debugger written in Ada and uses the GtkAda graphical toolkit.
• Jessie written in Java. Includes multi-thread and multi-process features.
• RHIDE is yet another IDE, this one with a look and feel similar to the Borland 3.1 toolset. It is based on DJGPP (GNU tools that run under DOS).

If you are looking to implement your own GUI or extend one of the above, check the GDB/MI interface that was added to GDB 5.0 and enabled in GDB 5.1.

Reference Material

• High Performance Debugging Forum is a group working on standards for debuggers on high-performance computers.
• Algorithmic and Automatic Debugging, various information about debugging and testing.
• Cygwin tools for Windows, including GDB.
• Mozilla debugging FAQ - parts read like a GDB TODO list (particularly concerning threads and shared libraries).
• Cathedrals, Bazaars and the Town Council, Alan Cox
• The POSIX spec is online. Registration is required though, see the terms page for terms and conditions.
• GNU Translation Project for how you can help with the translation of GNU software (including GDB) to other languages.

Embedded Information

• gdbstubs project (to debug remote embedded software; the GDB distribution itself also includes some stubs).
• rproxy - proxy for the GDB remote protocol. Also protocol documentation from the same author.
• WDB protocol (vxworks target)
• Remote Debugging with GDB.

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Last modified 2021年09月09日.