Debug question

Hi everyone,

I noticed a rather strange behaviour that makes testing and debugging  a 
bit bothersome:
When I change the code and run /opt/kde3/koffice/kplato/kplato (the 
local exe-file), I do not get to see the changes. Only after "make 
install" do I see the changed program.

My guess is this is caused by rather strange approach: Everything apart 
from main.cc goes into a library in the ".libs"-subdirectory. "Make 
install" installes this library somewhere within KDE. So starting the 
local exe does not have any effect unless I install this. So even in 
kdevelop/gideon I cannot debug the freshly built programm, I just do not 
get the correct exe.

To me this looks highly unusual.

1) What is the reason for this?

2) What can I do to debug my local version of kplato without installing it?

Regards,

Heiko