Date:	Sat, 22 Aug 1998 11:54:54 +0200 (WET)
From:	Andris Pavenis <pavenis AT lanet DOT lv>
To:	russell DOT thamm AT dsto DOT defence DOT gov DOT au
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: RHIDE problems
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On Mon, 17 Aug 1998 russell DOT thamm AT dsto DOT defence DOT gov DOT au wrote:

> I am having lots of problems with RHIDE. Having searched this group,
> my experiences don't appear to be typical, so perhaps I am doing
> something wrong. I realise that some of the problems may be due
> to the compilers etc.
> 
> 1) If the project contains .asm files, RHIDE correctly invokes NASM.
> However, after several compiles, NASM reports not being able to open
> files. Exiting and reentering RHIDE fixes this.
> 
> 2) With PASCAL projects, the project file appears to regularly get
> corrupted. Even loading the project can kill RHIDE. Clicking on any
> make option causes RHIDE to exit to DOS. Recreating the project is required.
> Even with valid project files, "Build All" regularly kicks me out to DOS.
> 
> 3) If I include a c file in a Pascal project, the pascal files are compiled
> with debugging on and the 'c' files are compiled with debugging off. If I
> need to debug the 'c' code, I need to manually compile the 'c' file so
> it compiles with debugging on. That is, if I select 'compile' when a 'c'
> file is the current file, it compiles with debug on. But if I make the
> project, any 'c' files requirin re-compilation are compiled with debug off.
> 
> 4) My machine regularly freezes on exiting RHIDE.
> 
> 5) I also seem to have lots of problems if I load a second project within
> a single session. I have learned that when I want to swap projects,
> I exit RHIDE and restart with the new project.

Cannot say anything about NASM and GNU Pascal as I never tried them.
RHIDE works Ok for me (both DJGPP and Linux).

Which version of RHIDE are You using? 
I myself am using patched version of RHIDE-1.4.5 (beta) for both DJGPP and 
Linux. I had rather serious problems with original Robert's 1.4 and after 
that with 1.4.5. So both times I fixed some nasty things and rebuilt
RHIDE. 

> 
> The Turbo C IDE supports formats on watches. In particular, I find the
> ,h (hexadecimal) format extremely useful. Does RHIDE support hexadecimal
> format on watches. Can I do a hex dump of memory from RHIDE? This is
> essential for looking at byte arrays which are always displayed as strings.
> 

Read gdb documentation. There is info how to view data in hexadecimal
formats (as I remeber '/x variable_name')

Andris

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