Re: debug command

[Paul Kienzle]

On Sep 7, 2006, at 5:30 PM, frank wang wrote:

> Hi,
>  
> From octave.sourceforge.net/compatibility.html, it says that following 
> debugging commands exit in octave:
> debug_on_error, dbstop, dbclear, quit, dbwhere dbg_cont, dbg_step, 
> dbg_next, dbstatus.
>  
> However, I cannot use dbg_step, dbg_next, dbg_cont. When I type which 
> dbg_step in octave, it is undefined. Can anyone tell me how to find 
> and use these commands?

Looking in input.cc, it seems they've been renamed:

    exit, quit, return, dbcont   for dbg_cont
    dbstep  for dbg_step
    dbnext for dbg_next

I make this change and move the FAQ to the wiki:

        http://wiki.octave.org/wiki.pl?MatlabOctaveCompatibility

Please contribute comments there.

- Paul