For your item #4 - dare I mention that we should have (it's free) ddd -
the graphical interface to gdb?

Also, I'll see if I can edit the Intel man pages to point to the right
directories.

Dave
> Some comments on debugger documentation.
>
> 1. It's even harder to find the debugger manuals on the Intel
> site.  (Searching on "idb" is a bad choice, but "idb manual" is okay.)
>
> 2. I note that 'man idb' on the cluster indicates that the documentation
> will be found in "e.g., /opt/intel/idb/<version>".   As you know, this
> isn't where it's actually located.  Once upon a time, install scripts and
> makefiles would patch the man files to reflect the actual local
> configuration.  I suppose it's too much to expect quality support from a
> modern Fortune 500 company.
>
> 3. While I'm reminiscing: I'm glad (I think) to see that idb has a DBX
> mode.  I cut my teeth on BSD 3.x back in the mid-80s when William Joy
> still
> signed every man page himself.  I have absolutely loathed gdb from the
> moment I met it in 1993, even if it is more powerful.
>
> 4. Do we have a visual debugger?  A lot of people have asked about that
> since we got the old cluster.  Many Linux novices are going to stay that
> way (i.e., avoid using the system) if they first learned to program in
> (e.g.) the Borland, Visual Studio, or Matlab 5 environments.
>
> 5. The RCS sofware page says we have TotalView, but 'man totalview' and
> 'module avail' don't seem to agree with that claim.  The software page
> should indicate "coming soon" (or better yet "planned for installation in
> mm/yy" and "under consideration - please let us know if you're
> interested")
> for things that aren't yet installed.
>
> Steve
>