Re: Eclipse embedded development woes, req feedback


"Mark McDougall" <markm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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John wrote:

Please help a frustrated engineer out. I'm not ready to give up (yet),
I think there's hope here...

I might not be able to offer anything constructive other than a summary
of my experiences. I was using Eclipse as part of Altera's NIOS SDK.

1. I did not have your problem of having to kill the debug perspective
to re-build the target.
2. I don't think I ever tried to pause!
3. To restart, IIRC I simply downloaded again.

However, IMHO, Eclipse is an absolute POS. If I wasn't forced to use it
as part of the SDK then I wouldn't touch it with a 10-ft clown pole.

I got so fed up trying to control the debugger I reverted to using
printf's, except where using the debugger was absolutely necessary. I
didn't even use the editor - it was *painfully* slow on a 3.2GHz
machine!!! At the end of it all, I used Eclipse to click on 'build' and
'download' and that's about it. And then I washed my hands - thoroughly!

[dons flame-retardant underwear]

Regards,

--
Mark McDougall, Engineer
Virtual Logic Pty Ltd, <http://www.vl.com.au>
21-25 King St, Rockdale, 2216
Ph: +612-9599-3255 Fax: +612-9599-3266

I'm with you Mark,
Waited for it to load, Tried it, chewed it, spat it out, and waited for
it to unload. It was just so laborious to do anything.
Maybe it's just us Aussies, though.
Cheers,
Alf


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