The Debugger bugs me

> Hey,
>
> using the current trunk (doest not happen in 4.5), I cannot use the
> debugger in a useful way anymore.
>  Regardless of what I do in the editor view of the Debugger, after
> a second or so, I tries to select the current expression (as if I had
> clicked 'Where')[1] and scrolls to that place. This is especially annoying
> when scrolling around long methods or trying to do a printIt or exploreIt
> on other expressions…
>
> Any clue?
>
> Best
> -Tobias
>
>
> [1]: I also have the impresison that, when one uses 'toggle break on entry', that
>    the current expression is off-by-one with the actually current one.

> On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 5:17 PM, Tobias Pape <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Hey,
>>
>> using the current trunk (doest not happen in 4.5), I cannot use the
>> debugger in a useful way anymore.
>>   Regardless of what I do in the editor view of the Debugger, after
>> a second or so, I tries to select the current expression (as if I had
>> clicked 'Where')[1] and scrolls to that place. This is especially annoying
>> when scrolling around long methods or trying to do a printIt or exploreIt
>> on other expressions…
>
> This issue definitely exists in 4.5 and yes, it is annoying.  I
> believe if you can make the editor dirty (e.g., insert whitespace
> somewhere), that you'll be able to stop it so you can look at the
> method.
>
>> Any clue?
>
> I *think* this is related to a change Frank did a couple of years ago
> where it was desired to fix updating the method in the debugger,
> pressing Command+S [Accept] and having the new code be reflected
> rather than the old..

> On 8 March 2015 at 18:16, Chris Muller <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 5:17 PM, Tobias Pape <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>> Hey,
>>>
>>> using the current trunk (doest not happen in 4.5), I cannot use the
>>> debugger in a useful way anymore.
>>>   Regardless of what I do in the editor view of the Debugger, after
>>> a second or so, I tries to select the current expression (as if I had
>>> clicked 'Where')[1] and scrolls to that place. This is especially annoying
>>> when scrolling around long methods or trying to do a printIt or exploreIt
>>> on other expressions…
>>
>> This issue definitely exists in 4.5 and yes, it is annoying.  I
>> believe if you can make the editor dirty (e.g., insert whitespace
>> somewhere), that you'll be able to stop it so you can look at the
>> method.
>>
>>> Any clue?
>>
>> I *think* this is related to a change Frank did a couple of years ago
>> where it was desired to fix updating the method in the debugger,
>> pressing Command+S [Accept] and having the new code be reflected
>> rather than the old..
>
> It could be, but I remember back then the debugger kind've oscillating
> between two selections, and I _think_ my change helped mitigate that.
> But I certainly did monkey around with the Debugger, so might well be
> implicated :)