#1352 Win32 Enhanced Debugger does not retain settings

[paladin]

On Windows 7, the Enhanced Debugger does not retain any of its settings between sessions.
Important settings such as, options, pane sizes, main window size and position, are normally stored either in the Registry or in an external file.
It is extremely frustrating to have to reset options, fonts etc and resize windows and panes each time Bochs is launched. During software development and testing Bochs is often re-launched several times per hour - hence the frustration. The built-in defaults do not always suit everybody.

[Volker Ruppert]

Some of the gui debugger settings are now saved to an INI file (fonts and window size/position are not done yet).

[Volker Ruppert]

The Windows version now also saves the font setting and window size/position. Current SVN will be released as version 2.6.7 ASAP.

[paladin]

Thank you so much!

I'll try it out when it's released.

From: Volker Ruppert [mailto:vruppert@users.sf.net]
Sent: Sunday, 2 November 2014 12:46 AM
To: [bochs:bugs]
Subject: [bochs:bugs] #1352 Win32 Enhanced Debugger does not retain settings

The Windows version now also saves the font setting and window
size/position. Current SVN will be released as version 2.6.7 ASAP.

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[bugs:#1352] http://sourceforge.net/p/bochs/bugs/1352 Win32 Enhanced
Debugger does not retain settings

Status: open
Group: pending
Created: Tue Jul 22, 2014 07:53 AM UTC by paladin
Last Updated: Sat Aug 30, 2014 02:35 PM UTC
Owner: nobody

On Windows 7, the Enhanced Debugger does not retain any of its settings
between sessions.
Important settings such as, options, pane sizes, main window size and
position, are normally stored either in the Registry or in an external file.
It is extremely frustrating to have to reset options, fonts etc and resize
windows and panes each time Bochs is launched. During software development
and testing Bochs is often re-launched several times per hour - hence the
frustration. The built-in defaults do not always suit everybody.

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[paladin]

I have just tested the new WIN32 Enhanced Debugger in Bochs 2.6.7 and it is
now much easier to use - thanks again.

However 2 problems remain:

1. Although the pane sizes (the top 3 panes) can be adjusted these settings
   are still not retained.

2. Although the font settings are now retained, they are not actually
   applied when the debugger is launched - it is necessary to go Options>Font
   and click "OK" each time.

A "nice to have" feature would be for the Help Menu to include the ability
to launch a help file - even if this is only a link that launches a browswer
to Section 8.13 "Using Bochs internal debugger" in the Bochs User Manual.

[Volker Ruppert]

I know that the child windows are still unhandled. I wanted to be ready for the release on November 2nd, but I didn't have enough time for that. The window and font stuff for the GTK port is also still to do. I think I have to learn how the manual resize code works and save the divider positions.
I have fixed the font issue in SVN, but there is still something wrong if the default "System" font is selected. Some more testing is required.
Before we can use the user doc section about the gui debugger it needs to be improved a lot. Starting the browser from the help menu should be easy to implement then.

[Volker Ruppert]

Remaining gui debugger settings issues fixed in SVN rev. 12546.