ANN: Line numbers patch and debugger for Tcl (TIP 86)

From: Peter MacDonald (peter_at_pdqi.com)
Date: 06/29/04

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    Announcing the initial release of tgdb, a debugger for Tcl
    and the associated patch for adding line number support to Tcl,
    both of which are part of TIP 86 mentioned below. The purpose
    of this release is to gather feedback for TIP 86 prior to voting.

    Tgdb can be had from

       http://pdqi.com/download/tgdb-2.0.tar.gz

    Below find the README and INSTALL files. Bon chance.

    Peter Macdonald <peter@pdqi.com>

    ### README ########################################################
    tgdb is a debugger for Tcl based on the line numbers patch from pdqi.
    The debugger emulates gdb so as to enable debugging both C
    and Tcl, at the same time, using a higher level debugger, such
    as PDQI's tdb.

    See the INSTALL for for instructions on obtaining and building tgdb.

    For more information on the line number patch, see

      http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/86.html

    ### INSTALL #########################################################
    Herein are contained the instructions for downloading and building
    Tcl on unix with the new line numbers debugging patch from pdqi.

    First, download the following pieces

      tcl8.4.6-src.tar.gz: tcl.sourceforge.net (and optionally tk)
      the tgdb debugger: http://pdqi.com/download/tgdb-2.0.tar.gz
      the line number patch: http://pdqi.com/download/tclline-8.4.6.diff.gz

    Then perform the following steps.

      tar -xpvf tgdb-2.0.tar.gz
      tar -xpvf tcl8.4.6-src.tar.gz
      gunzip tclline-8.4.6.diff.gz
      cd tcl8.4.6
      patch -p1 < ../tclline-8.4.6.diff
      cd unix
      ./configure --prefix=$HOME/usr
      make
      make install
      cd ../..

    Now give it a test drive.

      cd tgdb-2.0
      make
      ./tgdb.tcl sample/t.tcl

    ############################################################

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