RE: Vital information for anyone debugging setup.exe

["Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>]

----Original Message----
>From: Gary R. Van Sickle
>Sent: 19 April 2005 19:05

> [snip]
>> 
>>> Nevertheless I still prefer insight over gdb.
>>> You just have to turn off those misdirected dialog popups, which
>>> should be logfile entries.
>> 
>>   Yes, I kind of deduced that.... do you know what the syntax
>> is to turn them off, by any chance?
> 
> I think he's talking about doing a search-n-replace on the setup source.

  It would probably be easier simpler and quicker to find the messagebox
call in the insight source (most of which is just tcl/tk scripting after
all) and comment it out.

  Actually it should probably be properly removed and sent upstream as a
patch.  Opening a fresh window per log message is just plain wrong on pretty
much any host or target I can imagine.  One window with debug messages
scrolling up, yes; one window, that blocks execution until it is clicked
away, maybe; one window, that simply overwrites it's message with each new
debug message as it arrives, ok; but opening window after window after
window without limit?

  Debug messages just don't belong in dialog boxes.


    cheers,
      DaveK
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