1.109 Fixed various lacks of backwards incompatibility in Tk804
Added a 'bug report' item to the File menu.
1.1084 Changed the 'bareword' and bareword options for widgets and pack to -bareword
to support Tk804.024
1.1083 A perl debugger package is required to define a subroutine name 'sub'. This routine is a 'proxy' for handling subroutine calls and allows the debugger pacakage to track subroutine depth so that it can implement 'step over', 'step in' and 'return' functionality. It must also handle the same context as the proxied routine; it must return a scalar where a scalar was being expected, an array where an array is being expected and a void where a void was being expected. Ptkdb was not handling the case for void. 99.9% of the time this will have no ill effects although it is being handled incorrectly.
1.1075 Fix for perl 5.8.0. Fixes to doc formatting. $^W saves now done
with local($^W). Overdue correction for @_ context save.
1.1075beta Expedient fix for perl 5.8.0
1.1074 Fixed deficiency where the 'Exprs' pane would not display or decomposed the
members of a blessed array.
1.1073 Added key shortcuts. Added 'white' foreground to the 'stoppt' tag to make text more visible.
Experimental feature that checks for and tries to install Tk if it's missing.
1.1072 Added feature that delays loading of the subs page until the notebook page is brought forward
1.107 Release
1.1068 Fixed a minor warning put out by pod2man during installation that's been grating
on the terminally pedantic.
Data::Dumper is now a requirement for running. This has been included with perl
since 5.00505.
1.1067 Fixed a problem where ptkdb would not evaluate an expression such as 'keys %hash' in
its expression window.
Fixed some problems with balloons coordinate system and made them respond faster.
1.1063 Menu initialization has been 'tuned' up a bit. New handling for closure of window
and quit. Beginning to deal with 'reused' addresses.
1.1059 Corrected a bug where vars in the dbval subroutine could eclipse
vars that were in targe code
1.1052 Added a configuration option that allows users to change
the packing arrangement of the code and notebook panes.
Use xresource ptkdb*codeside: left|right|top|bottom
Or environmental var PTKDB_CODE_SIDE=left|right|top|bottom
See POD section item: PTKDB_CODE_SIDE
1.105 Fixed incorrect evaluation of $@ in expressions.
Corrected some formatting issues with the POD section.
1.104
Fixed a conflict with 'qw' and perl 5.004.
Fixed a warning issued with perl 5.004
Corrected a problem with where using ptkdb for
debugging other ptk apps would cause 'grab' problems.
This is version 1.1 of ptkdb, a debugger for perl that uses the perlTk user interface. It features pushbutton controls for run, step-in, step-out, return, controls for breakpoints, expression evaluation and package browsing.
You use the MakeMaker interface:
perl Makefile.PL
make
make install
If worse comes to worse you can simply copy the ptkdb.pm file into cp ptkdb.pm /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.xxx/Devel/ptkdb.pm
On Windows:
copy ptkdb.pm C:\perl\5.x\lib\Devel\ptkdb.pm
To Test:
perl -d:ptkdb -e 1
Installing Tk:
In order to use ptkdb you must first install PerlTk.
Using the CPAN module:
perl -MCPAN -e "install Tk"
Using the Active State PPM Module:
ppm
> install Tk
or
retrieve the latest Tk archive from CPAN (Tk800.022 as of this writing)
http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-category/08_User_Interfaces/Tk/
gunzip Tk800.022.tar.gz
tar xf Tk800.022.tar
cd Tk800.022
perl Makefile.PL
make
# This may require su or root permissions
make install
# Unix WinZip to extract the Tk archive using Visual C++:
perl Makefile.PL
nmake
nmake install
Revision history for Perl extension Devel::ptkdb.
1.1 Mon Dec 7 14:36:17 1998
1.101 Tue Dec 15 16:00 1998
Corrected POD document to change -d:ptkdb1048 to -d:ptkdb
Removed Dead code for font specifications and tag configuration
that is no longer used
Broke up a chained call to Data::Dumper->Terse->Ident into
two separate calls to make it compatible with older versions
of Data::Dumper