[Qt-creator] Can't debug on Mojave with QT Creator 4.9.1

[Eike Ziller]

> On 31. May 2019, at 16:01, Simon Gornall <simon.gornall at mac.com> wrote:
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>> On 31 May 2019, at 03:00, Eike Ziller <Eike.Ziller at qt.io> wrote:
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>>> On 31. May 2019, at 08:37, André Pönitz <apoenitz at t-online.de> wrote:
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>>> On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 03:12:48PM -0700, Simon Gornall via Qt-creator wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I can't seem to get the debugger to start on my Mac, installed using the Mac installer (open
>>>> source version), when I do click on Debug, it launches a terminal window, which then contains:
>>>> 
>>>> Last login: Thu May 30 12:46:31 on ttys019 source
>>>> /var/folders/ll/jqpkccpn1m91qf41447mdlyh0000gn/T/tmpXAK2Pt simon% source
>>>> /var/folders/ll/jqpkccpn1m91qf41447mdlyh0000gn/T/tmpXAK2Pt Badly placed ()'s.
>>> 
>>> What is in this script and who calls that?
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>> It is generated by Qt Creator’s openTerminal.py
>> https://code.qt.io/cgit/qt-creator/qt-creator.git/tree/share/qtcreator/scripts/openTerminal.py
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>> We have to do some fancy stuff to get the run environment passed into the shell opened in Terminal.app by “Run in Terminal”.
>> Only tested with bash…
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> 
> Oh :(
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> I don’t suppose there’s any chance of supporting more shells (popular ones like [t]csh, zsh etc.) ?
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>>>> simon% If I edit that script (/var/folders/...) it seems to be a bash script, and my shell is
>>>> set to /bin/tcsh (for a variety of reasons). Is there some place I can set my shell variant in
>>>> QT Creator, and have Qt Creator write out something my shell will accept ?
>>>> 
>>>> I already tried
>>>> 
>>>> exec'ing /bin/bash before launching QT Creator from the commandline setting the environment
>>>> SHELL variable to /bin/bash launching the last line in the script (which seems to be what is
>>>> actually necessary) from the terminal window.  ... but no joy. Any other ideas ?
>> 
>> The problem is that the script is sourced in a new Terminal window, which first of all itself starts a shell. That uses the login shell as specified in the user’s login options. The SHELL variable from Qt Creator’s run configuration is not yet set at that moment - actually that is what the sourced script is doing.
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>>> Do you need the terminal at all? If not try to de-select  [ ] Run in Terminal  in the Project settings
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> I don’t, and I’d be happy to try that, but [*blush*] I … can’t find that.
> 
> - I’ve looked in Projects [icon on the left] -> Project Settings, but it only has options for ‘Editor’, ‘Code Style’, ‘Dependencies’, ‘Clang Code Model’ and ‘Clang tools’ (which is just about suppressed diagnostics)

On that page you’ll have also some kit(s) (named by Qt versions if you got them through the Qt Project installer) with “Build” and “Run” sections.
Select “Run”.
You’ll see a run configuration setting which shows e.g. your executable that will be run, a bit below that is a checkbox “Run in terminal”.

> - I’ve looked in Preferences -> ‘Build & Run’
> - I’ve looked in Preferences -> ‘C++’
> - I’ve looked in Preferences -> Debugger
> - I’ve clicked on the Debug icon (on the left) and scanned for options (can’t see any)
> - I’ve gone through the ’Tools’ menu, and nothing springs out at me.
> - I looked in Preferences -> Kits -> (click on "Desktop Qt 5.12.3 clang 64-bit”)
> 
> In desperation, and as an absolute last resort, I *even* looked in the help (!) [grin] (but still couldn’t find anything)
> 
> So where is it ? Any hints ?
> 
> Cheers
> 	Simon
> 
>>> 
>>> Andre'
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Eike Ziller
Principal Software Engineer

The Qt Company GmbH
Rudower Chaussee 13
D-12489 Berlin
eike.ziller at qt.io
http://qt.io
Geschäftsführer: Mika Pälsi,
Juha Varelius, Mika Harjuaho
Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin, Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 144331 B