On Tue, 20 Sep 2016 09:52:53 -0700
Cedric BAIL <cedric.b...@free.fr> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 9:19 AM, Jiwon Kim <jwkim0...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I wonder about debugging edc script. (or maybe it's just idea :) )
> > Is it possible to debug at running time of application?
> > Likes gdb (or with gdb), attach to app,
> >  and set break point to 'program' syntex (edc's program blocks).  
> 
> This is an interesting idea. I don't know if it could be doable
> actually as program are run related to time. Any debugging would
> likely affect that.

it's possible to do this by breaking conditionally on the _edje_program_run 
function based on a program's attributes

> 
> > If we can check edc's (when/which) program running and signaling,
> > I think it's very convenient.  
> 
> Agreed, I don't see a way to do step by step debugging of an edc. Will
> have to think about it.

this is also possible by breaking on edje/embryo/edje_embryo functions and 
stepping through them

> 
> > If it is impossible, how about log function for edc? (only for debug)  
> 
> Once upon a time, there was a lot of log generated in the form of edje
> signal. They were removed as they impacted speed to much. Today, we
> have evlog, it may be worse experimenting with it and see if we can
> log events with it somehow. Alternative possibility would be to add an
> eo event on edje object for debug. Once someone register for that
> event, we would trigger that event for every state we want to debug.
> Between evlog and eo event tracing, I don't know which one could work
> best. You would have to experiment !
> 
> Have fun !

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