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<TITLE>Locals Window Help</TITLE>
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<H1>The Locals Window</H1>
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<H2>Overview</H2>
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<P>The Locals Window displays all local variables in scope. It may be used to
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visualize local variables. Local variables need to be collected
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before they can be viewed. See <A HREF="tracedlg.html#t_actions_add">Adding
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an Action</A> in the Tracepoint Dialog for more information.</P>
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<P>Locals Window topics:
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<UL>
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<LI><UL><A HREF="#menus">Variable Menu</A>
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<LI><A HREF="#menus_fmt">Format</A>
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</UL>
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<LI><UL><A HREF="#display">Locals Display</A>
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<LI><A HREF="#display_deref">Dereferencing Pointers</A>
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<LI><A HREF="#display_struct">Viewing a Structure or Class</A>
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<LI><A HREF="#display_popup">Locals Pop-up Menu</A>
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</UL>
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</UL></P>
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<H3><A NAME="menus">Variable Menu</A></H3>
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The Variable Menu gives on-screen access to the funtions of the Locals Window.
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To use any of these functions, first use the left mouse button to select a
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variable from the display. Then select:
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<DL>
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<DT><A NAME="menus_fmt">Format</A>
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<DD>Change the display format of the variable
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</DL>
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<H3><A NAME="display">Locals Display</A></H4>
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The Locals Window Display consists of a scrolled listbox which contains all
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local variables, one per line. Locals which were not collected at the current
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tracepoint will display a memory-access error. To use any of the functions of
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the Locals Window, use the left mouse button to select any element from the
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Display.
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<P>Pointers, structures, and classes appear in the display with small exapansion
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box before their names. To <A NAME="display_deref">dereference pointers</A> or
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<A NAME="display_struct">view the members of classes or structures</A>, click
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the closed expansion box (which appears as a small plus sign, "+") to "expand"
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the listing. The expansion box changes to a minus sign, "-", indicating that the
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display is now open. Pointers, structures and classes may be expanded recursively
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to allow multiple pointer dereferences and embedded structure viewing.
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<P>The Locals Display updates as the trace buffer is navigated, highlighting
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in blue those variables whose values have changed.</P>
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<P>The Locals Window will, by default, display all pointers in hexadecimal and all
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other variables in decimal. To change the default display of variables, use the
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"set output-radix" command in the console window. (Type "help set output-radix" in the
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console window for help. To make this change permanent, it must be added to the user's
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init file -- .gdbinit.) To change the display format for a variable,
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select the Format option from either the Variable Menu or the
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<A HREF="#display_popup">Locals Pop-up Menu</A>.
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<BR>
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<H4><A NAME="display_popup">Locals Pop-up Menu</A></H4>
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The Locals Pop-up Menu provides quick access to the functions of the Locals Window.
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To use the Locals Pop-up Menu, first select a variable from the Display (by clicking
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the left mouse button on it) and click the right mouse button, choosing from the
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pop-up:
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<DL>
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<DT>Format
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<DD>Change the display format of the variable. The variable may be displayed
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as:
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<DL>
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<DT>Hex
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<DD>hexadecimal (base 16)
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<DT>Decimal
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<DD>decimal (base 10)
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<DT>Binary
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<DD>binary (base 2)
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<DT>Octal
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<DD>octal (base 8)
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</DL>
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</DL>
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</BODY>
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</HTML>
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