Insight init error message

[Fernando Nasser]

This sounds like a real bug.  I will try to reproduce it.

Thanks for reporting it.

Fernando


Paul Breed wrote:
> 
> On my cygwin installation insight has a problem with persistent settings.
> 
> If I have an empty  gdbtk.ini available then insight seems to save
> preference data
> in that file, but the next time I run insignt then is gives me the error:
> 
> Error: can't read "PREFS_state(gdb/load/default-hostname value)":no such
> element in array
> 
> If I choose the file->target settings->dialog then it works properly.
> If I do not select that then when I try to run it does not show the connect
> to target dialog and fails with the error.
> 
> My guess looking at the ini file is that the system is not properly saving
> the target as remote serial and
> is defaulting to remote tcp when it tries to connect.
> 
> Paul
> 
> The Stack Trace  is:
> can't read "PREFS_state(gdb/load/default-hostname value)": no such element
> in array
>      while executing
> "return $PREFS_state([list $name value])"
>      (procedure "PREFS_cmd_get" line 3)
>      invoked from within
> "PREFS_cmd_get gdb/load/default-hostname"
>      ("eval" body line 1)
>      invoked from within
> "eval PREFS_cmd_$dispatch $args"
>      (procedure "pref" line 6)
>      invoked from within
> "pref get gdb/load/default-hostname"
>      ("default" arm line 12)
>      invoked from within
> "switch -regexp -- $gdb_target_name {
>      sim|ice {
>        set targ $gdb_target_name
>        set targ_opts [pref getd gdb/load/${gdb_target_name}-opts]
>    ..."
>      (procedure "set_target_name" line 28)
>      invoked from within
> "set_target_name $prompt"
>      (procedure "set_target" line 14)
>      invoked from within
> "set_target"
>      (procedure "gdbtk_attach_remote" line 8)
>      invoked from within
> "gdbtk_attach_remote"
>      (procedure "gdbtk_connect" line 8)
>      invoked from within
> "gdbtk_connect $async"
>      (object "::.srcwin0.srcwin.container.pane0.childsite.con" method
> "::SrcBar::do_connect" body line 3)
>      invoked from within
> "::.srcwin0.srcwin.container.pane0.childsite.con do_connect
> .srcwin0.srcwin.container.pane0.childsite.con.menubar.m.run"
>      (menu invoke)errorCode is NONE

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Fernando Nasser
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