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03-23-2011

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Compile and debug Vim source code

Hi,

I want to debug Vim source code with GDB but I can't get it. It seems to run without debugger.

Here is my try. I have supressed output of most commands. Tell me if you need them.

Code:

$ uname -mor
2.6.37-ARCH i686 GNU/Linux
$ mkdir ~/birei && cd ~/birei
$ wget ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unix/vim-7.3.tar.bz2
$ tar jxvf vim-7.3.tar.bz2 && cd vim73/src
$ cp Makefile Makefile.orig
$ # Change Makefile to request debugging info and install it in my home dir.
$ vim Makefile
$ diff Makefile Makefile.orig
540c540
< CFLAGS = -g
---
> #CFLAGS = -g
908c908
< prefix = ~/birei
---
> #prefix = $(HOME)
$ make
$ make test
...
Test results:
ALL DONE
...
$ make install
$ cd ~/birei/bin/
$ gdb ./vim
GNU gdb (GDB) 7.2
Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  Type "show copying"
and "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-linux-gnu".
For bug reporting instructions, please see:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>...
Reading symbols from ~/birei/bin/vim...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
(gdb) s
The program is not being run.
(gdb) b main
Function "main" not defined.
Make breakpoint pending on future shared library load? (y or [n]) y
Breakpoint 1 (main) pending.
(gdb) run
...

At this point Vim runs but without stopping in any point of the source code. How can I stop it in first line of code??

Regards,
Birei

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vimtutor

VIMTUTOR(1)						      General Commands Manual						       VIMTUTOR(1)

NAME

       vimtutor - the Vim tutor

SYNOPSIS

       vimtutor [-g] [language]

DESCRIPTION

       Vimtutor starts the Vim tutor.  It copies the tutor file first, so that it can be modified without changing the original file.

       The Vimtutor is useful for people that want to learn their first Vim commands.

       The optional argument -g starts vimtutor with gvim rather than vim, if the GUI version of vim is available, or falls back to Vim if gvim is
       not found.

       The optional [language] argument is the two-letter name of a language, like "it" or "es".  If the [language] argument is missing, the  lan-
       guage  of  the current locale will be used.  If a tutor in this language is available, it will be used.	Otherwise the English version will
       be used.

       Vim is always started in Vi compatible mode.

FILES

       /usr/share/vim/vim72/tutor/tutor[.language]
		      The Vimtutor text file(s).

       /usr/share/vim/vim72/tutor/tutor.vim
		      The Vim script used to copy the Vimtutor text file.

AUTHOR

       The Vimtutor was originally written for Vi by Michael C. Pierce and Robert K. Ware, Colorado  School  of  Mines	using  ideas  supplied	by
       Charles Smith, Colorado State University.  E-mail: bware@mines.colorado.edu.
       It was modified for Vim by Bram Moolenaar.  For the names of the translators see the tutor files.

SEE ALSO

       vim(1)

								   2001 April 2 						       VIMTUTOR(1)

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