Devel::ptkdb 1.1091

Devel::ptkdb is a Perl debugger using a Tk GUI.

ptkdb is a debugger for perl that uses perlTk for a user interface.

Here are some key features of "Devel ptkdb":

· Hot Variable Inspection
· Breakpoint Control Panel
· Expression List
· Subroutine Tree

SYNOPSIS

To debug a script using ptkdb invoke perl like this:

perl -d:ptkdb myscript.pl

Usage

perl -d:ptkdb myscript.pl

Code Pane

Line Numbers

Line numbers are presented on the left side of the window.

Lines thathave lines through them are not breakable. Lines that are plain text are breakable. Clicking on these line numbers will insert a breakpoint on that line and change the line number color to $ENV{'PTKDB_BRKPT_COLOR'} (Defaults to Red). Clicking on the number again will remove the breakpoint. If you disable the breakpoint with the controls on the BrkPt notebook page the color will change to $ENV{'PTKDB_DISABLEDBRKPT_COLOR'}(Defaults to Green).

Cursor Motion

If you place the cursor over a variable (i.e. $myVar, @myVar, or %myVar) and pause for a second the debugger will evaluate the current value of the variable and pop a balloon up with the evaluated result. This feature is not available with Tk400.

If Data::Dumper(standard with perl5.00502)is available it will be used to format the result. If there is an active selection, the text of that selection will be evaluated.


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Requirements:

· Perl