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| author | Matthias Clasen <matthiasc@src.gnome.org> | 2003-07-23 18:58:48 +0000 |
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| committer | Matthias Clasen <matthiasc@src.gnome.org> | 2003-07-23 18:58:48 +0000 |
| commit | 1e6172147287073bcc0efafb59d4da1756ac4fdd (patch) | |
| tree | a37637bbcc7d2d844b594fcc7b6b05f5ed158a98 /docs/faq | |
| parent | 733f4489ade5b79227af871e1cbe694806ec367e (diff) | |
| download | gtk+-1e6172147287073bcc0efafb59d4da1756ac4fdd.tar.gz | |
Mention Xnest as a way to debug GTK+ apps.
* docs/faq/gtk-faq.sgml: Mention Xnest as a way to debug GTK+ apps.
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/faq/gtk-faq.sgml b/docs/faq/gtk-faq.sgml index e80bc9a79c..a31e3b5d74 100644 --- a/docs/faq/gtk-faq.sgml +++ b/docs/faq/gtk-faq.sgml @@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ way is to use the libglade library which directly loads the XML user interface description files that Glade generates into a running program.</para> -Experienced GTK+ programmers generally strongly recommend +<para>Experienced GTK+ programmers generally strongly recommend using libglade; you don't have to worry about the interaction between Glade generating the source and you editing it, and its been shown to be a method that works better @@ -1061,6 +1061,17 @@ port is also great for debugging X programs. Old vt100/vt220 terminals are dirt cheap but a bit hard to get (here in The Netherlands, YMMV).</quote></para> +<para> +Another option is to run your application on Xnest. Xnest is an X server +which displays its root window in a regular window of another X server. +A pointer grab on the Xnest display will not affect the GUI of your debugger +running on your regular X server. +<programlisting> +Xnest :1 +twm -display :1 +myapp --display=:1 +</programlisting> +</para> </sect1> </chapter> |