TRACE() calls in xfce4 source

KarlDemuth · 2009-01-28 20:45:16

What do I have to do to enable and how can I view the output from the TRACE() calls that I see in the xfce4 source code?

herd · 2009-01-30 09:20:21

Depends on which part you want to debug.

./configure --help may tell:
./configure --enable-DEBUG --enable-DEBUG-TRACE

for example:
$ xfwm4>~/mytrace.log 2>&1 &

hth,

herd

KarlDemuth · 2009-01-30 21:38:19

herd,

Thanks, that's what I needed. I was trying too hard, searching through the source. I had the stderr part right, but needed ./configure --enable-debug=yes.

Thanks for your help!

Karl

mmassonnet · 2009-01-31 19:56:17

--enable-debug=full is the trick here ;-)

However, I wouldn't recommend it if it is really verbose, like for xfwm4 for instance. Instead you can edit the source file and put a #define TRACE(x) printf(x) (I'm not sure 100% the macro is right, it is out of my head). This will allow you to have less verbose information, and more likely just the information you are targetting.

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TRACE() calls in xfce4 source

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