Debugging ncurses application with gdb

Question

I\'m trying to debug my ncurses application, using gdb. I use tty command to redirect program\'s I/O to another terminal. Output works like a charm, but I\'m having

Answer 1

Maybe it's a bit late to answer, but hope this helps: It took some time to figure out how to debug ncurses applications, finally i made a very comfy way with the help of gdbserver and tmux.

This way I/O of gdb and the application are completely separated:

debug.sh (the script that starts debugging):

#!/bin/bash
tmux splitw -h -p 50 "gdbserver :12345 ./yourapplication"
tmux selectp -t 0
gdb -x debug.gdb

debug.gdb (one-liner gdb scriptfile for comfort):

target remote localhost:12345

So this way, application starts up on right side, gdb on left waiting to hit continue or any other usual gdb stuff :)

Once you exit, tmux automatically closes the gdbserver (therefore right panel as well) and that's all :)