[Eric] Debug Console Command Prefs >Re: hello and help

[Detlev Offenbach]

On Sonntag, 20. Juli 2008, Tim Rue wrote:
> Detlev Offenbach wrote:
> > On Sonntag, 20. Juli 2008, Tim Rue wrote:
> >> Detlev Offenbach wrote:
> >>> On Samstag, 19. Juli 2008, Tim Rue wrote:
> >>>> Hello, I've been using eric3 in the past and now eric4 on ubuntu
> >>>> latest. version of eric4 is 4.1.6
> >>>>
> >>>> Startup eric4 thru the applications menu as an application in a
> >>>> terminal. In the past eric would use this terminal for console
> >>>> applications. Currently I have not been able to get  eric to see the
> >>>> terminal. My console application breaks on an ncurses cbreak() err.
> >>>>
> >>>> But it doesn't seem that eric is communicating with the terminal from
> >>>> which it was started so not using ncurses doesn't help.
> >>>>
> >>>> How do I fix this?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks, and I think eric is  the best.
> >>>>
> >>>> Tim
> >>>
> >>> Try setting the debugger options for "Console debugger"
> >>> (Debugger->General (Part 2)). Maybe you should disable the redirect
> >>> checkbox as well (Debugger->Python).
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Detlev
> >>
> >> Detlev, this does not work and I'm puzzled by it.
> >> But its good to know it is suppose to, as that is the way I set things
> >> in eric4, as I did in eric3.
> >>
> >> I again installed eric3 as a comparison and it seems to work ok,
> >> [snip - see thread]
> >> best,
> >> Tim
> >
> > I just tested it and it works over here. What I did was:
> >
> > 1. On Debugger->General (Page 2) enabled "Start debugger in console
> > window". 2. On same page entered "konsole -e" in "Console Command".
> >
> > Note: The redirection checkbox is irrelevant in this situation.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Detlev
>
> For the Mailing list.
>
> This works and allows starting eric4 from the menu as an "application"
> rather than an "application in a terminal."
> Konsole is of course a KDE based application. So for use on Gnome based
> Ubuntu there is KDE overhead to load.

You could use the Gnome terminal as well.

>
> Detlev got me started , as I did not understand possible Console Commands.
> Now I have it set up with Console Commands using the lower overhead xterm:
>
> xterm -rv -bc -fn '-*-courier-bold-r-normal--*-130-*-*-*-*-*-*'
> -geometry 80x10+280+1000 -e
>
> see x(7) man page for details of above options and the xterm man page
> for the "-e" option
>
> Thanks Detlev, I like it as it gives me the ability to better optimize
> my dev space.
>
> Tim



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