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@@ -8,6 +8,20 @@ debugging * You can use the GI_SCANNER_DEBUG environment variable; see utils.py for a list of debug flags. +* It is possible to debug the various g-ir-* tools using PyDev's remote debugger. + To do this: + - locate the directory that contains the pydevd.py file matching the PyDev version + running in your Eclipse instance. This might look like: + /usr/lib64/eclipse/dropins/pydev-core/eclipse/plugins/org.python.pydev_4.0.0.201505131500/pysrc/) + - open the "Debug" perspective in your Eclipse instance, open the "PyDev" menu and start the + debug server + - execute the g-ir-* tool setting the GI_SCANNER_DEBUG and PYDEVDPATH environment variables. + For example: + GI_SCANNER_DEBUG="pydevd" PYDEVDPATH="/usr/lib64/eclipse/dropins/pydev-core/eclipse/plugins/org.python.pydev_4.0.0.201505131500/pysrc/" g-ir-scanner <parameters> + - In the example above, the PyDev debugger will run g-ir-scanner and stop execution in the main + script. You can then set extra breakpoints, step through the code, inspect variables at the + current scope, inspect the stack and so forth. + giscanner --------- |