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In article <29323@usc>, siemsen@sol.usc.edu (Pete Siemsen) writes...
>Does anybody like DEBUG with the DECwindows interface?

I took an instant dislike to it the first time I used it. The first time was
also the last time.

What I do is use CREATE/TERM to create a DECterm window for the debugger
input and output, viz:

$ create/terminal/define=(table=lnm$job,dbg$input,dbg$output)/noproc -
     /window=(rows=48,x=350,y=65,icon="DEBUG",title="DEBUG DECterm")
$ if f$trnlnm("dbg$output","lnm$job").eqs."" then goto no_decterm
$ define/job dbg$decw$display " "
$ alloc dbg$output

You need to allocate the created DECterm to ensure that there is always a
non-zero reference count. Otherwise, as soon as the debugger exits the
DECterm disappears.

Cheers,
-- 
Paul Marchant / marchant@iosg.enet.dec.com - marchant%iosg.enet@decwrl.dec.com
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