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On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 2:39 AM, Yarko Tymciurak <yark...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Have you tried Winpdb (despite the name, it's a python platform
> independant debugger)
>
> I've not tried it for web2py - I usually run web2py out of WingIDE (which
> will catch exceptions, so you can inspect variables, stack, etc.).
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 2:16 AM, rb <rbspg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> I am running web2py on my ubuntu machine and my client is a WinXP in
>> virtualbox connected in bridge mode (thus both machines are on the
>> same LAN address space - and they are the same laptop computer ;-). I
>> put web2py on one virtual desktop and the WinXP vbox client in the
>> other and I can just click back and forth from client-svr-client.
>>
>> Ok, so I downloaded geany and looked at it. It looks very nice but...
>> where is the debugger? I think eclipse is a titanic of a (eeww java)
>> IDE but pydev works and the visual debugger works well.
>>
>> Right now I'm pulling my hair out. I put some kind of bug into
>> default.py controller and now my XMLRPC calls just fail with a 400 Svr
>> error. I opened a shell and loaded exec_environment('applications/
>> appname/controllers/default.py') but no errors register. Dunno now how
>> to debug this thing. With eclipse I can run web2py (while in root
>> user) in eclipse in debug mode, and single step through the controller
>> code - when this !...@#$ing error does not happen. I'll continue to dig
>> around.
>>
>> Anyone care to share their secrets for debugging controller code? BTW
>> my error crept in when I declared a couple of global vars. I
>> introduced a new function for the client to call (via XMLRPC - which
>> effectively just runs controller functions in the controller space) to
>> populate the lobal vars so I cannot imagine that there's something
>> wrong with the environment. Everything worked before this. Now I
>> cannot trigger the debugger to stop at any breakpoints. This makes me
>> believe that the controller default.py is failing while loading.
>> Seeing as it isn't an importable python module, I'm left wondering how
>> to dig into this one.
>>
>> Also, I noticed that I can debug/pick through most of my model/db.py
>> code simply by selecting the "database administration" feature. It
>> rings up a trouble ticket and shows where the code failed. Very nice.
>>
>> --
>> Rb (still stuck in WTF-land)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jul 25, 5:29 am, Jason Brower <encomp...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I used pydev for a while. But when I am running off the server, have
>> > you ever concidered using the -X feature?
>> > I use that often when I need to run off the server.
>> > Let's say for example that you need to see the errors...
>> > I connect with ssh to my server like so...
>> > ssh -X 123.123.123.123
>> > then I start screen...
>> > screen -rd
>> > the -rd connects to a previous screen that I already have running...
>> > this has my instance of web2py and I can start other programs too...
>> > I open up links...
>> > links2 -g
>> > and then geany...
>> > geany
>> > geany is my editor of choice. I highly recommend the help area of the
>> > program can is can teach you all the shortcuts and little things that
>> > make geany so freaking awesome.
>> > With my server on a 1 meg line and me on a 1 meg line I am able to work
>> > fairly well.
>> > Regards,
>> > Jason
>> >
>> > On Fri, 2009-07-24 at 21:44 -0700, rb wrote:
>> > > Fine. I'll just have to use eclipse then. I use eclipse for the thick-
>> > > client pydev work so I'll use it on the svr side too. I take it from
>> > > your response that you received no answer (either). I've tried using
>> > > "It's All Text!" firefox addon and gedit on my ubuntu svr box but
>> > > gedit is just a generic editor. I need something which supports python
>> > > with hightlighting and automatic indentation. I think Vim can do this
>> > > but I've never been able to wrap my head around all that is vi and its
>> > > kin. Years ago I used emacs but I no longer know what state that
>> > > monster is in. Hmmm I'll have to look around some, I guess.
>> >
>> > > --
>> >
>> > > On Jul 24, 8:12 pm, Jason Brower <encomp...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > > I have asked this one before. I actually, got really used to using
>> my
>> > > > own editor.
>> > > > Regards,
>> > > > Jason
>> >
>> > > > On Fri, 2009-07-24 at 14:19 -0700, rb wrote:
>> > > > > Can anyone tell me how to change the default colour of the cursor
>> in
>> > > > > the web-edit of files? On my systems the cursor colour against the
>> > > > > background is almost impossible to see. Currently I must turn of
>> > > > > highlighting when editing so that I can see where I am.
>> >>
>>
>
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