BreakAid v0.01

The problem...

Debugger too unfriendly?
DDT too complex? (or you don't have the DDE?)

Fear not - for maybe BreakAid can help?

If this screenshot makes sense to you - perhaps BreakAid can add to your debugging arsenal?

It's simple. Call XBreakAid_Attach to set up the system, then if that didn't return an error (implying BreakAid is loaded), call OS_BreakPt. At that point, BreakAid will step in and examine and change some things. It isn't designed to be a debugger, it is designed to let you look at the things you may want to look at while working through some problematic code.

What this software works upon

In case the screenshots weren't a give-away, this software is for use with RISC OS. It won't work with Apple iThingies, Windows, Ubuntu, Android phones, your granny's microwave, etc etc.

It will work with:

A machine running RISC OS 5 - Beagleboard, Pandaboard, the Pi family, Titanium, etc.

Caveats

Requires a 32 bit version of RISC OS. It won't work on 26 bit builds.
Your program must be running in USR mode, debugging SVC mode is not possible (translation: normal apps good, modules not so good).
While BreakAid technically can be used with BASIC, it's a bit like getting into a car chase with a milk float - possible, doable, but really rather stupid. So... just don't. BASIC doesn't work like that.

Downloads

You might want to refer to the Versions file to see what has changed between versions.

CURRENT RELEASE:

breakaid_0-01.zip (11KiB; 2016/08/23)

DOCUMENTATION:

!Help.txt (14KiB)
Boring plain text documentation, hard-wrapped to 76 character screen width, like in the '90s.
BreakAid v0.01 User Guide - Richard Murray.epub (212KiB)
Fancier e-book style documentation for non-Kindle devices. (this is the original marked-up documentation file)
BreakAid v0.01 User Guide - Richard Murray.mobi (272KiB)
Fancier e-book style documentation for Kindle style devices. (this was created automatically from the epub version)

The licence Ts & Cs

This software is copyright © 2016 Richard Murray. All rights reserved.
Permission granted for you to copy, install, use, give to others, etc provided: No charge is made, this file is supplied with the executable, the executable is not modified, and you provide a link to this website if practicable to do so.

Special exemption for RISC OS Open - they may include this software in their product(s) and release(s) as they see fit, including as a part of retail product(s).

Last modified: 2016/08/24.22:05