gdb pretty print not working on windows

[cubancigar11]

Hi!

This is my current setup:
version: 5.4
OS: Windows 7 (32 bit)
compiler: 4.8.1 MinGW
gdb: C:\gdb2013-10-09\bin\gdb.exe (Downloaded from wiki link)
Python: 2.7.6 (C:\Python27)
Debug output pane: http://pastebin.com/R13pjT4j

I have checked 'Enable GDB Pretty Printing' and 'Enable full debugger logging'. The python code is present in Startup Commands. I have also updated the shipped gdb_printers script to the latest. Still I am unable to view the gdb pretty print. What to do?

[eranif]

Do you have the python scripts under %APPDATA%\CodeLite\gdb_printers ?
If not, copy them manually from CODELITE_INSTALL_PATH\gdb_printers

If it helps you, please also submit a bug

Thanks,
Eran

[cubancigar11]

Yes. I do. I will raise a bug.

[cubancigar11]

Okay, I got it working.

It appears there is some sort of escape problem in the codelite appdata/roaming folder. This is not specific to OS (I tested on Windows 7 and Windows 8) or username (I tested two different user names: one starting with A and the other starting with B).

The original string was (Win 8, username starting with b):

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 'C:\Users\brahm\AppData\Roaming\CodeLite\gdb_printers'

But somehow it gets converted to this:

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 'C:\\Users\x08rahm\\AppData\\Roaming\\CodeLite\\gdb_printers'

So I changed the script to use double quotes and explicitly escaped back-slashes:

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 "C:\\Users\\brahm\\AppData\\Roaming\\CodeLite\\gdb_printers"

And now it works.