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For the Emacs users in the crowd, GUD is a pretty great GDB integration.

cherryteastain 2y ago
lsp-mode+dap-mode also work well but requires some manual fiddling with launch.json files
alexhutcheson 2y ago
I prefer the GDB Graphical Interface in Emacs[1] (M-x gdb), rather than the more basic integration via GUD[2] (M-x gud-gdb). I’ve had to switch to GUD to run lldb recently, and I miss having dedicated windows that show breakpoints, threads, the current stack, etc. The one nice thing about GUD is that the interface is consistent across debuggers, so I don’t need to refresh myself on the keyboard shortcuts when switching between debugging Python with pdb and C++ with lldb. [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/GDB-Graphical-Interface.html https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/GD... [2] https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Starting-GUD.html https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/St...
seanw444 2y ago
Ever since the advent of LSP, Emacs has felt superior to everything else. I have no reason to leave it. Especially once they made it faster with native comp. Like why should I keep trying this month's new editor with a couple new gimmicky features, when I can just pop a plugin onto Emacs that adds that exact feature set, while maintaining everything else how I like it. I first really got into coding when Atom was a thing, and then that died off and became VS Code and I was pretty sad about it, because while VS Code is good, it doesn't follow the same philosophy as Atom. But then I took the time to learn Emacs ~4 years ago, and nothing new ever comes close to convincing me it's outdated tech that I need to move on from. That was a random rant, but I'm just really appreciate Emacs, and I'm glad it's stuck around.
- VyseofArcadia 2y ago
  Even before the dawn of the LSP era, Emacs was pretty great with ctags.
  - seanw444 2y ago
    Yeah I first gave it a try before LSP and I don't think I was ready to be redpilled yet, because it didn't stick. So I can't comment on the state of it before then. I kinda joined once the LSP stuff got fairly smoothed out.
idahoduncan 2y ago
dape ( https://github.com/svaante/dape# https://github.com/svaante/dape# ) is a great option for languages with debuggers implementing the Debug Adapter Protocol. Combined with debugpy it's killed M-x pdb for me, and has a very similar UI to M-x gdb.

lsp-mode+dap-mode also work well but requires some manual fiddling with launch.json files

I prefer the GDB Graphical Interface in Emacs[1] (M-x gdb), rather than the more basic integration via GUD[2] (M-x gud-gdb). I’ve had to switch to GUD to run lldb recently, and I miss having dedicated windows that show breakpoints, threads, the current stack, etc. The one nice thing about GUD is that the interface is consistent across debuggers, so I don’t need to refresh myself on the keyboard shortcuts when switching between debugging Python with pdb and C++ with lldb. [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/GDB-Graphical-Interface.html https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/GD... [2] https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Starting-GUD.html https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/St...

seanw444 2y ago

Ever since the advent of LSP, Emacs has felt superior to everything else. I have no reason to leave it. Especially once they made it faster with native comp. Like why should I keep trying this month's new editor with a couple new gimmicky features, when I can just pop a plugin onto Emacs that adds that exact feature set, while maintaining everything else how I like it. I first really got into coding when Atom was a thing, and then that died off and became VS Code and I was pretty sad about it, because while VS Code is good, it doesn't follow the same philosophy as Atom. But then I took the time to learn Emacs ~4 years ago, and nothing new ever comes close to convincing me it's outdated tech that I need to move on from. That was a random rant, but I'm just really appreciate Emacs, and I'm glad it's stuck around.

VyseofArcadia 2y ago
Even before the dawn of the LSP era, Emacs was pretty great with ctags.
- seanw444 2y ago
  Yeah I first gave it a try before LSP and I don't think I was ready to be redpilled yet, because it didn't stick. So I can't comment on the state of it before then. I kinda joined once the LSP stuff got fairly smoothed out.

idahoduncan 2y ago

dape ( https://github.com/svaante/dape# https://github.com/svaante/dape# ) is a great option for languages with debuggers implementing the Debug Adapter Protocol. Combined with debugpy it's killed M-x pdb for me, and has a very similar UI to M-x gdb.