I'm sending a catch all email to try and get some information on being able to use the mono debugger on windows. I'll give some motivation first (based on where I work). Generally, people using .Net will work on Windows. They'll then try their program on mono on Windows to verify that their program runs. If they have a problem, there is currently two approaches it seems:
1) Add Console.WriteLine's to their program and hopefully track down the problem 2) Try bringing their app to Linux and debugging there 1 is painful especially when coming from a Visual Studio background. 2 requires the user to have a Linux box or VMWare image handy. They must also be adept enough to get the environment setup to debug. I think they'll have to either convert their pdb files to mdb format, or build app on mono. Both of these is a non-trivial amount of effort for a new mono user (and maybe even for me ;-)). So, I'm investigating adding a third option, 3) Debugging mono on Windows. I'll just ask a couple of questions. 1) What work is needed to get the debugger working on managed code compiled by mono on windows? 2) Is 1) possible without adding support for native debugging (I assume adding support for native/mixed mode debugging will take more effort) 3) What about formats? If I am on windows, I have probably compiled by managed code and my native code in VS (not mono and gcc). The managed code debugging info can be converted between formats AFAIK, but the unmanaged would be more difficult assuming that would even be attempted. MS provides debugging APIs, but I have no clue whether they could be wrapped and adapted to mono debugger. 4) Exposure I assume would be command line -> some sort of IDE (Sharpdevelop, MonoDevelop, or just a quick and dirty Winforms UI for debugging not a full featured IDE) -> the ultimate would be integration into VS with a "Debug with mono" option. I'm sure I'll get enough info from those questions to start with. The only other question I'll ask is, Is this worth the effort? Since I don't know the effort required, I currently think it's worth it ;-). If it's not I'll forget the idea and hack on something else. Thanks, Jonathan
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