Re: Cannot run PDB properly in emacs 22.1.1 on windows-xp

[Nick Roberts]

 > After inputting "M-x pdb", and then "python -m c:\python25\Lib\pdb.py
 > test.py", I got the following error message:

This sets default-directory to c:/python25/Lib/

 > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
 > Current directory is c:/python25/Lib/
 > Traceback (most recent call last):
 >   File "c:\python25\lib\runpy.py", line 85, in run_module
 >     loader = get_loader(mod_name)
 >   File "c:\python25\lib\pkgutil.py", line 456, in get_loader
 >     return find_loader(fullname)
 >   File "c:\python25\lib\pkgutil.py", line 466, in find_loader
 >     for importer in iter_importers(fullname):
 >   File "c:\python25\lib\pkgutil.py", line 422, in iter_importers
 >     __import__(pkg)
 > ImportError: No module named c:/python25/Lib/pdb
 > 
 > Debugger exited abnormally with code 255
 > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
 > 
 > If the command line was "python -m pdb test.py", as sugested,
 > the message should be:

Where does it suggest this?
 > 
 > The debug message was not displayed immediately when the debug command
 > was inputted, but was thrown out all together after the "q" was given.
 > 
 > Using "python c:\python25/Lib/pdb.py test.py", I got:
 > 
 > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
 > Current directory is c:/python25/Lib/
 > Error: test.py does not exist

default-directory is set to c:/python25/Lib from your previous attempt.
Specifying the path to test.py should work:

python c:\python25/Lib/pdb.py c:/yourpath/to/test.py

If you don't specify the path to test.py you need to make sure that
default-directory is the directory test.py is in, e.g., by doing M-x dired
in that directory first.

Why not just do:

pdb c:/yourpath/to/test.py

or

pdb test.py

?

as the default name for gud-pdb-command-name is just "pdb".


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