[xdebug-general] Re: debug cycle never ends

On Tue, 22 Apr 2008, Dave Kelsey wrote:

> xdebug-general-bounce[@]lists.xdebug.org wrote on 22/04/2008 18:26:00:
>
> > I'm not really using eclipse, but now I am curious.. why does the
> > IDE care how the debugger is activated? IMHO, it should listen on
> > the port and react whenever it receives something... no?
>
> In the case of PDT, you launch the application you want to debug. This
> appends the XDEBUG_SESSION_START to the url you specify in the launch.
> Invoking the url then establishes a debug session with PDT to debug the
> application.
>
> The append was done to ensure the scripts were debugged, but I suppose it
> could be made optional if you know your php.ini contains the appropriate
> setting.
>
> Also from a PDT point of view, unless a launch of an application has
> actually been done from the ide, any debug sessions that attempt to
> establish with PDT will be rejected as a debug launch inside the IDE must
> be present. I have an item to add JIT debugging where a debug connection
> is requested when PDT was not expecting one and to automatically initiate
> a debug launch in the IDE. But I have had no requests for this feature so
> it is very low on the list.

strange, as I find this one of the most interesting features in Komodo
:)

regards,
Derick

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