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Seer: A GUI front end to GDB for Linux

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alexhutcheson ◴[15 Nov 24 13:42 UTC] No.42146843[source]▶
GDB also has a built-in text user interface (TUI) that is surprisingly easy to use[1]. It even supports mouse interaction.

[1] https://sourceware.org/gdb/current/onlinedocs/gdb.html/TUI.h...

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genpfault ◴[15 Nov 24 13:49 UTC] No.42146899[source]▶
Only works if GDB has been built with TUI support, sadly :(
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cyberpunk ◴[15 Nov 24 14:08 UTC] No.42147067[source]▶
… If you are debugging c code surely you’re able to compile a debugger with whatever options you want?
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rty32 ◴[15 Nov 24 20:51 UTC] No.42150865[source]▶
In theory, yes, but in practice, people who know how to compile gdb is a small subset of people who need to debug c code.

Not to mention that it actually takes extra time to do so, when people are used to debug Python/JavaScript/Go code with one single click these days.

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Gormo ◴[16 Nov 24 02:32 UTC] No.42153622[source]▶
Just grabbed the source, and it's a pretty bog standard ./configure ; make. Simple build instructions in the readme. Not sure this is a daunting challenge for any even moderately skilled developer.
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desdenova ◴[16 Nov 24 11:11 UTC] No.42155825[source]▶
Most people who use C nowadays are students, not "moderately skilled developers".

Students barely know how to manually put together a Makefile.

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1. Gormo ◴[19 Nov 24 19:45 UTC] No.42187337{3}[source]▶
> Most people who use C nowadays are students, not "moderately skilled developers".

That seems a very dubious claim, especially since most students begin with Python or JS. Do you have any data to back that up?