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Developing and debugging UIs can be a pain. When something |
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goes wrong, it's not always obvious why. You can waste hours |
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writing logging statements only to find out that a widget is |
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in the wrong container, or an attribute wasn't set correctly. |
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Developing isn't much better either. Ever spend time writing |
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temporary code just to test a new feature, code you know you're |
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going to throw away in an hour, and yet you end up spending the |
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next 20 minutes debugging your temporary code? Sucks, doesn't |
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it? |
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What your program really needs is a good Parasite infestation. |
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Parasite is a debugging and development tool that runs inside |
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your GTK+ application's process. It can inspect your application, |
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giving you detailed information on your UI, such as the hierarchy, |
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X window IDs, widget properties, and more. You can modify properties |
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on the fly in order to experiment with the look of your UI. |
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WWW: http://chipx86.github.com/gtkparasite/ |
