Getting Help

DDD has an extensive on-line help system. Here's how to get help while working with DDD.

• You can get a short help text on most DDD buttons by simply moving the mouse pointer on it and leave it there. After a second, a small window (called

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  ; also known as

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  or

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  ) pops up, giving a hint on the button's meaning. The button tip disappears as soon as you move the mouse pointer to another item.

• The

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  also displays information about the currently selected item. By clicking on the status line, you can redisplay the most recent messages.

• You can get detailed help on any visible DDD item. Just point on the item you want help and press the F1 key. This pops up a detailed help text.
• The DDD dialogs all contain Help buttons that give detailed information about the dialog.
• You can get help on debugger commands by entering help at the debugger prompt. See Entering Commands, for details on entering commands.
• If you are totally stuck, try Help => What Now? (the What Now? item in the Help menu) or press <Ctrl+F1>. Depending on the current state, DDD will give you some hints on what you can do next.
• Of course, you can always refer to the on-line documentation:
  • Help => DDD Reference gives you access to the DDD manual, the ultimate DDD reference.
  • Help => Debugger Reference shows you the on-line documentation of the inferior debugger.
  • Help => DDDWWW Page gives you access to the latest and greatest information on DDD.

• Finally, the DDD

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  gives you important hints with each new DDD invocation.

All these functions can be customized in various ways (see Customizing Help).

If, after all, you made a mistake, don't worry: almost every DDD command can be undone. See Undo and Redo, for details.

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