PetscSetDebugTerminal#

Sets the terminal to use for debugging.

Synopsis#

#include "petscsys.h"   
PetscErrorCode PetscSetDebugTerminal(const char terminal[])

Not Collective; No Fortran Support

Input Parameter#

  • terminal - name of terminal and any flags required to execute a program. For example “xterm”, “urxvt -e”, “gnome-terminal -x”. On Apple macOS you can use “Terminal” (note the capital T)

Options Database Key#

  • -debug_terminal terminal - use this terminal instead of the default

Notes#

You can start the debugger for all processes in the same GNU screen session.

  mpiexec -n 4 ./myapp -start_in_debugger -debug_terminal "screen -X -S debug screen"

will open 4 windows in the session named “debug”.

The default terminal on Apple is Terminal, on other systems the default is xterm

See Also#

PetscSetDebugger(), PetscAttachDebugger()

Level#

developer

Location#

src/sys/error/adebug.c

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