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PetscSetDebugTerminal

Sets the terminal to use for debugging.

Synopsis

#include "petscsys.h"   
PetscErrorCode  PetscSetDebugTerminal(const char terminal[])
Not Collective

Input Parameters

terminal - name of terminal and any flags required to execute a program. For example xterm, "urxvt -e", "gnome-terminal -x". On Apple MacOS you can use Terminal (note the capital T)

Options Database Keys

-debug_terminal terminal - use this terminal instead of the default

Notes

You can start the debugger for all processes in the same GNU screen session.

mpiexec -n 4 ./myapp -start_in_debugger -debug_terminal "screen -X -S debug screen"

will open 4 windows in the session named "debug".

The default on Apple is Terminal, on other systems the default is xterm

Fortran Note

This routine is not supported in Fortran.

See Also

PetscSetDebugger()

Level

developer

Location

src/sys/error/adebug.c
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