RE: Dumb question about fonts

Okay I thought I would start looking into this by debugging ddd in ddd
but I find that I am stumped by something that seems like it should be
quite basic.
I am getting a 'No symbol xxxx in current context' when as far as I am
aware, the symbol DOES exist in the current context, at least the
program (ddd) seems to run! . I have endeavoured to  ensure that the
instance that is being debugged has not been optimized (so the varible
is not optimized out, I believe) using CXXFLAGS=-ggdb (also tried -g )
Why else might a variable not be in scope when it looks like it is? 

Thanks , 
Robert
[Ps Also "$Id$" at line 1 and 31 of options.C probably is meant to be
"$Id:$"  This is similar in several other files... umm .. almost all
other files... ]

I can get the same result in command line gdb, which is easier to
represent here.. 

Breakpoint 1, save_options (flags=1024) at options.C:2346
2346        const bool create        = (flags & CREATE_OPTIONS);
(gdb) list
2341        return ok;
2342    }
2343
2344    bool save_options(unsigned long flags)
2345    {
2346        const bool create        = (flags & CREATE_OPTIONS);
2347        const bool save_session  = (flags & SAVE_SESSION);
2348        const bool save_geometry = (flags & SAVE_GEOMETRY);
2349        const bool interact      = (flags & MAY_INTERACT);
2350
(gdb)
2351        string session =
2352            (save_session ? app_data.session :
DEFAULT_SESSION.chars());
2353
2354        create_session_dir(session);
2355        const string file = session_state_file(session);
2356
2357        string options = (save_session ? "session" : "options");
2358        string status = (create ? "Creating " : "Saving ") + options
+ " in ";
2359
2360        StatusDelay delay(status + quote(file));
(gdb) next
2347        const bool save_session  = (flags & SAVE_SESSION);
(gdb)
2348        const bool save_geometry = (flags & SAVE_GEOMETRY);
(gdb)
2349        const bool interact      = (flags & MAY_INTERACT);
(gdb)
2352            (save_session ? app_data.session :
DEFAULT_SESSION.chars());
(gdb)
2354        create_session_dir(session);
(gdb) print session
No symbol "session" in current context.
(gdb) whatis session
No symbol "session" in current context.
(gdb) 
(gdb) whatis create
type = <text variable, no debug info>
(gdb) whatis save_session
No symbol "save_session" in current context.
(gdb) whatis save_geometry
No symbol "save_geometry" in current context.

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andrew
Gaylard
Sent: 07 December 2005 06:44
To: Discussion list for DDD,the GNU graphical debugger front end
Subject: Re: Dumb question about fonts

Atwood, Robert C wrote:

>If I figure out how to fix it, i will certainly share the fix. 
>  
>
Thanks!

>I believe the user's problem is two-fold: this bug causing changes in
>preferred font size to be forgotten, and some problem with the
>configuration on his cygwin/X workstation so that the default always
>comes out really tiny. I suggested that he reinstall the X or mabye
>erase and reinstall the whole Cygwin (doesn't take that long) so
>hopefully the default size that it keeps reverting to will be a
readable
>size in the meantime. (the ddd is not running on the cygwin, just the X
>client used to display the interface. I understand this gets fonts from
>the workstation's font library  not the server's? )
>
>--Robert
>  
>
Yes, I concur.  The second part of the problem does indeed
look like a misconfiguration problem on the X-server, in this
case Cygwin/X.


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