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Re: Pudb – A full-screen, console-based Python debugger

#11
I think the "Curses"[1] section in the Unix Hater's Handbook[2] applies well[3] here[3] :)

[1] A reference to ncurses.

[2] The book: http://web.mit.edu/~simsong/www/ugh.pdf

[3] ... as in why make a UI for a constrained primitive interface such as a console....

Re: Pudb – A full-screen, console-based Python debugger

#14

Cant wait to try this out in my workflow, but I really wish this was available through PIP. PDB has served me well, but having some if this information intuitively shown will be incredibly helpful.

I just installed this using pip. Is PIP something other than regular old pip?

Re: Pudb – A full-screen, console-based Python debugger

#15

I think the "Curses"[1] section in the Unix Hater's Handbook [2] applies well[3] here[3] :) [1] A reference to ncurses. [2] The book: http://web.mit.edu/~simsong/www/ugh.pdf [3] ... as in why make a UI for a constrained primitive interface such as a console....

So I can use it over SSH... which I do often. It's not like curses apps are that hard to make, especially with Python.

Re: Pudb – A full-screen, console-based Python debugger

#17

I think the "Curses"[1] section in the Unix Hater's Handbook [2] applies well[3] here[3] :) [1] A reference to ncurses. [2] The book: http://web.mit.edu/~simsong/www/ugh.pdf [3] ... as in why make a UI for a constrained primitive interface such as a console....

I read the UHH many years ago, and learned a lot of useful information from it. It's a wee bit dated, but still a fun read.

Re: Pudb – A full-screen, console-based Python debugger

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post #17

I think the "Curses"[1] section in the Unix Hater's Handbook [2] applies well[3] here[3] :) [1] A reference to ncurses. [2] The book: http://web.mit.edu/~simsong/www/ugh.pdf [3] ... as in why make a UI for a constrained primitive interface such as a console....

I read the UHH many years ago, and learned a lot of useful information from it. It's a wee bit dated, but still a fun read.

It's amazing how so much of it is still so so relevant today!

(The book was published in 1994.)

Re: Pudb – A full-screen, console-based Python debugger

#19

Pudb depends on the "termios" module (POSIX style tty control), whose doc says it's only available under Unix.[1] Does anyone know if there's a way to make it run on Windows (native Windows command prompt, not Cygwin)? [1] http://docs.python.org/2/library/termios.html

It's unclear why you'd want to do so, since the Windows console environment sucks. Just use Winpdb, pdb, your Python IDE or whatever.
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