RealView Debugger User Guide - ARM Information Center

Working with Debug ViewsFigure 6-19 Adding a new favoriteThe Expression field contains the chosen watch and you can enter a short textdescription to help you identify the watch favorite. This is optional.4. Click OK to confirm the watch details and close the dialog box.The Favorites Chooser/Editor dialog box is displayed showing the new watch in thedisplay list. Because this watch is already set, click Close to close the dialog box. Ifrequired, set another watch from your Favorites List before closing the dialog box.The edited Favorites List is saved to your exphist.sav file when you close RealViewDebugger.Saving data values as favoritesWith several watches already set, you can right-click on the Value for a specifiedexpression and display the Value menu. This context menu includes the option Set fromFavorites... to specify a data value to be set.Select this option to display the Favorites Chooser/Editor dialog box where you can:• save an existing data value as an entry in your Favorites List so that it can bere-used later in this debugging session• take a data value already saved and use it to set the starting value for the specifiedwatch.NoteIf you are using RealView Debugger on non-Windows platforms, the history file is onlycreated if you create and save a favorite, for example a breakpoint or watchpoint. SeeAppendix B RealView Debugger on Sun Solaris and Red Hat Linux for details.6-48 Copyright © 2002-2005 ARM Limited. All rights reserved. ARM DUI 0153G