Re: Problem with C function pointers

[Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@acm.org>]

skibochka@yahoo.com (Andrew Skiba) writes:

> > > > Have you tried running under gdb, and examining "thiz"?
> > > No, I printed it instead :-) It was "null", as you said.
> > 
> > Learn gdb; it's much better than Put_Line.

> I use it for a very long time, may be you heard, that it works for C,
> too :) The problem is, DirectFB has issues with debugging on the same
> monitor, because it OBVIOUSLY (:-) has exclusive control of the video
> card. Usually they are debugging via ssh, or a com-port. For simple
> cases put_line isn't that bad.

Ok, that makes sense. But it might be worth setting up a serial line
terminal so you can run gdb for DirectFB programs.

> > Hmm. So it _doesn't_ run under X Windows? 

> Did I say that? Of course, it runs under X Windows. Try tuxrunner
> game for an example what it is. And, there is http://directfb.org/
> to find other cute projects.

Well now I'm confused. If DirectXB runs under X Windows, why can't
you run gdb in one window, with DirectXB in another?

> > Now we have a third target for GtkAda :).

> Sorry, I did not understand that joke. If you meant to run GTK on
> DirectFB, that's done already, as well as mplayer, SDL, FreeVO and so
> on. I need it for a project, similar to FreeVO.

Ok. Have you tried GtkAda? I'm not sure it's a given that if Gtk
works, GtkAda works. That would be nice to know.

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