Running and debugging program using xmake

xmake can run and debug the given target program now.

We only need configure the debug mode to compile this target and run it.

e.g.

-- enable debug symbols
if is_mode("debug")
    set_symbols("debug")
end

-- define target
target("demo")
    set_kind("kind")
    add_files("src/*.c")

And we compile and run this program with the debug symbols.

$ xmake f -m debug
$ xmake r -d demo

It will generate pdb debug symbol files and detect the default debugger automatically on windows. (.e.g vsjitdebugger, windbg, ollydbg …)

And we can set the given third-party debugger manually.

$ xmake f --dd="C:\Program Files\Debugging Tools for Windows (x86)\windbg.exe"
$ xmake r -d demo 

Or we set it to the global configuration.

$ xmake g --dd="C:\Program Files\Debugging Tools for Windows (x86)\windbg.exe"

xmake will load the debugger (lldb or gdb ..) to debug program in default case on macosx and linux.

$ xmake r -d demo

$ [lldb]$target create "build/demo"
  Current executable set to 'build/demo' (x86_64).
$ [lldb]$