/gdlv

GUI frontend for Delve

Primary LanguageGoOtherNOASSERTION

Gdlv is a graphical frontend to Delve for Linux, Windows and macOS.

Demo video here.

Screenshot

Gdlv on macOS

Setup

First make sure you have the current version of delve installed:

go get -u github.com/go-delve/delve/cmd/dlv

then install gdlv:

go get -u github.com/aarzilli/gdlv

Use Ctrl+plus and Ctrl+minus to change font size.

News

2019-06-07

  • Added Starlark as a scripting language

2019-05-11

  • Start from main.main instead of runtime.main.
  • Better interface when concurrent breakpoints happen during next, step or stepout.

2018-12-14

  • Deferred calls view.
  • Limit number of goroutines that are loaded (improves performance when debugging programs with tens of thousands of goroutines while the goroutines window is opened).
  • Make pastel theme the default theme.
  • Fixed bug handling disabled breakpoints.

2018-11-23

  • Fix build on go1.9
  • New, extended, syntax for pinning expressions dp @f/somefunc/ a will evaluate a in the first frame calling somefunc.

2018-10-29

2018-09-26

  • Breakpoint persistence
  • pretty printing of time.Time variables
  • Notification for truncated stack traces
  • Ability to have an expression's value printed to the command window every time a continue command completes.

2018-08-26

  • Fixed some race conditions
  • Redesigned detail views, they are now updated while stepping through the code

2018-08-16

  • Highlight variable names
  • Expose starting location of goroutines
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes

2018-07-02

  • Support font changes
  • Sort variables by declaration line
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes

2018-06-13

  • Print return values when stepping out of a function
  • Allow setting breakpoints after the program has exited

2018-05-21

  • Implemented path substitution rules

2018-02-12

  • Implemented "Continue to line"
  • Let restart change program arguments
  • Made load parameters configurable

2017-12-20

  • Support for upcoming go 1.10.
  • Changed how split windows are implemented (floating windows with docking).

2017-09-17

  • "Find Element" command: search through a slice or an array for the element matching a given expression.
  • New red theme.
  • Only recompile if one of the source files changed.
  • step -last command option to step into the last call on the line.
  • Search command history with Ctrl+R

2017-06-29

  • Pinning of expressions to specific execution frames.
  • Keybindings for continue, next, step and stepout
  • Compact visualization for interface values

2017-06-04

  • Custom formatters for user defined types.
  • Better executable building for go1.9

2017-05-18

  • Better formatting for maps and integer variables.

2017-05-07

  • Added core command
  • Support for multiple backends
  • Added "replay" startup command, "checkpoint" command and "Checkpoints" view.

2017-03-01

  • Horizontal scrollbars for all panels

2017-02-09

  • Goroutines panel will show a breakpoint icon for goroutines stopped at a breakpoint.

2017-02-06

  • Implemented selective step into. Right click on a function call on the current line to step into that function call (note: not that function, that function call). Also accessible through the step command with step -list:

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