[lldb-dev] lldb GUI interface

[Eran Ifrah]

On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 8:09 PM, Greg Clayton <gclayton at apple.com> wrote:

> The C++ API is definitely the way to go if you are going to integrate this
> into a plug-in.
>
> On Nov 4, 2013, at 7:01 AM, Eran Ifrah <eran.ifrah at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the reply. I already got one from Jason Molenda ( just
> noticed it was sent only to me and not to the entire mailing list )
> >
> > I will look in the 'examples' folder.
> >
> > Another question: are there any plans on supporting Windows? I was not
> able to build lldb on Windows ( using CMake + gcc 4.7.1 (MinGW-TDM) )
>
> I believe it works if you compile it with VS2012 or VS2013.
>
> Too bad codelite is compiled with MinGW under Winodws
Since I am aiming on using lldb as library and not as standalone
executable, this will probably won't help me

> It will be able to debug the remote targets, but native windows debugging
> isn't supported unless you are running things generated by clang, gcc or
> other open source compilers. Microsoft has a proprietary PDB format that
> contains the debug info that would be hard to support since there are no
> documents that describe it (none that I know of).
>
> > Since CodeLite is a cross platform IDE, I would really love to make lldb
> available on all OSs (CodeLite is already linking against llvm/clang for
> better code completion)
>
> That would be great! Let us know how we can help you make this happen.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Abid, Hafiz <Hafiz_Abid at mentor.com>
> wrote:
> > > Is there anything equivalent with lldb?
> > LLDB provides a C++ API that you can use. Have a look in the 'examples'
> folder in the source code.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Abid
> >
> > From: lldb-dev-bounces at cs.uiuc.edu [mailto:lldb-dev-bounces at cs.uiuc.edu]
> On Behalf Of Eran Ifrah
> > Sent: 02 November 2013 05:28
> > To: lldb-dev at cs.uiuc.edu
> > Subject: [lldb-dev] lldb GUI interface
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would like to provide a UI for LLDB as a CodeLite IDE plugin similar
> to how CodeLite is supporting gdb.
> >
> > For gdb, I used GDB MI (Machine Interface) which works pretty good
> (especially when it comes to variable objects)
> http://sourceware.org/gdb/onlinedocs/gdb/GDB_002fMI.html
> >
> > Is there anything equivalent with lldb?
> > What are your recommendations when it comes to write a UI around lldb?
> should I simply execute the lldb executable from within CodeLite and
> communicate using stdin/stdout?
> > Is there a library I can link against? (if so, where is the tutorial?)
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --
> > Eran Ifrah
> > Author of codelite, a cross platform open source C/C++ IDE:
> http://www.codelite.org
> > wxCrafter, a wxWidgets RAD: http://wxcrafter.codelite.org
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Eran Ifrah
> > Author of codelite, a cross platform open source C/C++ IDE:
> http://www.codelite.org
> > wxCrafter, a wxWidgets RAD: http://wxcrafter.codelite.org
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>
>


-- 
Eran Ifrah
Author of codelite, a cross platform open source C/C++ IDE:
http://www.codelite.org
wxCrafter, a wxWidgets RAD: http://wxcrafter.codelite.org
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