WinGDB is an extension for Visual Studio IDE allowing to debug processes on remote machines running Linux (or other Unix systems), embedded targets or local machines (built with use of Cygwin/MinGW tools), using native Visual Studio debugging user interface.
Features. An Add-In for the Visual Studio IDE providing integration with the VS debugger interface.
Remote Linux debugging through SSH connection.
Indirect Linux debugging through SSH connection with gdbserver.
MinGW and Cygwin local debugging.
Embedded Linux systems and OpenOCD/JTAG debugging.
Palm webOS debugging.
Seamless integration with standard Visual Studio projects.
The "Attach to process" dialog extension allowing attaching to remote processes with GDB.
The "Launch process" command, allowing to launch remote processes inside GDB.
The "Examine core dump" command, allowing to examine core dump inside GDB.
Remote build - run makefile (it may be any command) on remote machine. The output of compiler/linker dumps to VisualStudio Console/Task-Window.
Initialization scripts.
Visualizers (aka "pretty printers" or "auto expanders").
Remote source code browsing in the Visual Studio editor. The files are fetched as needed using SCP protocol and cached over a session.
Remote edition of the source code in the Visual Studio editor. Edited file is automatically sent back to the target machine after saving it.
Basic debugger commands: Run, Step over/into/out, Break All, Continue, Run to cursor, Set Next Statement.
Breakpoint setting in remote source files browsed locally.
Breakpoint setting by function name or through call-stack window.
Additional breakpoint properties: conditions, hit counting, temporary disabling.
Data breakpoints.
Call stack window.
Watch window.
Auto / Locals window.
Processes window.
Modules window.
Threads window.
Memory window.
Registers window.
Signals window.
Disassembler view.
Console window for debugged process I/O, emulating a XTerm terminal.

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