3DO Debugger Programmer's Guide

This document helps you use the 3DO Debugger tool. It provides:

A tutorial-style introduction that brings you up to speed quickly
Detailed discussion of all menu commands and windows
Several appendixes dealing with keyboard shortcuts, Terminal window commands, and other Debugger-related issues

How this document is organized

This manual is organized as follows:

3DO Debugger Quick Start provides a tutorial-style introduction to the most frequently used Debugger functionality.
Debugger Menus, Windows, and Dialog Boxes provides detailed explanations of the menu commands, dialog boxes, and windows.
Examine Field Expression Syntax explains what you can type into the Examine field of a Debugger window.
Debugger Script Commands lists commands you can use in your makefile to enable debugging.
Debugger Terminal Window Commands lists the Terminal window commands.

About the 3DO Debugger

The 3DO Debugger lets you monitor and control C and C++ programs running on the 3DO hardware from a Apple Macintosh II-family personal computer under System 7.

You can use the Debugger to do the following:

Reset the 3DO hardware and restart the operating system
Download and execute object code on the 3DO hardware
Set software breakpoints
Trace and step through a program
Display and edit registers and memory
Evaluate and change variable values and dereference pointers
Perform source-level and assembly-level debugging

Audience

This document is for C programmers who are preparing titles for the 3DO Station.