Message-ID: <opFBs6O00iWk07V2Q0@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 15:35:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: James W Sager Iii <sager+@andrew.cmu.edu>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com, "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
Subject: Re: Help, my brain hurts
In-Reply-To: <m0yTspk-000S3EC@inti.gov.ar>
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Excerpts from mail: 27-Apr-98 Re: Help, my brain hurts by Salvador E.
Tropea AT inti. 
> > I am using rhide+allergo and I'm using mouse routines.
> > When I step through my code and then try to reset it or
> > even exit rhide I get a bunch of cryptic errors and the
> > program may or may not lock up, and if it doesn't lock
> > up, it shells to dos.
> > 
> > Someone mentioned that this problem is because I'm using the
> > mouse.
>  
> Perhaps was me.
yeah, maybe it was :)

>  
> >  There is no way that I can debug the code with the mouse
> > off.
>  
> Why not? you just need to disable the mouse before the breakpoint.
Just >disable  the mouse in the part where you want to put breakpoints.
Hmmm, sounds like a little extra work instead of just hitting handy dandy
f4, but I think it will help me a little more than my constant crashing :P
>  
> > How should I reset my program properly once I break from it?
> > If there is no way....
> > Is there some way I can bind quick keys to rhide such that when I hit
> > a certain button that I can run an external program: IE a program
> > with the line: allegro exit();
>  
> It won't help at all. You can call functions from the evaluate dialog but:
>  
> 1) Is currently broken.
> 2) I don't know if it will help.
Ok, broke and not sure if it would work is good enough reasons for me
not to play with weird work arounds.

>  
> > Thanks for any help. I REALLY need assistance, this takes a majority
> > of my debugging time. Rebooting my computer and reseting my watches, and
> > rewritting corrupted code and even finding my place :(
>  
> Disable the cache while debugging these things!! you can do it from
DOS withou
> t 
> rebooting.
Ok, lets say I accidentally quit a program when the mouse is enabled.
If I try to get to dos, or reset, my computer crashes and locks up giving
me a wierd ()()()()()()()
           ()()()()()()()
 error.
Well thats as much as I could read it cuz the screen mode is still
messed up and text is 6 times its normal size...

Any assistance knowing that I can't get to dos or reset?  I'm going to
try diabling the mouse before my breaks so that shouldn't happen. THANKS
for the help! my computer rebooted 15+ times last night and I estimate
about 1.5 hours were consumed by this problem.  Well over 20+ hours in
the last three 
months went to this problem.  I'm glad I have a half-decent solution now :)