Re: debugging gnulib-tool.py

[Collin Funk]

On 3/15/24 5:27 PM, Bruno Haible wrote:
> * Choice: It seems that PyCharm, VSCode, Spyder, Eclipse with PyDev are the
>   most prominent candidates.

I used PyCharm for a course I took in college since the professor
wanted us to. I remember liking it. It seems that the source of the
PyCharm Community Edition is available under the Apache 2.0 license;
see the python subdirectory [1].

They may distribute builds with proprietary software like Microsoft
does with VSCode though. I do not use it anymore so I am not sure.

>   So, I chose Eclipse with PyDev.
> 
> Eclipse has a long learning curve (2 weeks from the ground), therefore here
> is how I configure it.

Thanks for the guide. I remember using Eclipse a few years ago and
being a bit confused by all the buttons everywhere. This should help.

I was looking for debugging programs a few days ago before I got tired
and fell asleep without trying any...

Have you tried pdb by any chance [2]? It looks like it might be
someone comfy for gdb users. Maybe I am setting my hopes too high
though.

[1] https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/tree/master
[2] https://docs.python.org/3/library/pdb.html

Collin