From 6cf13201847ffec0833047c0ee08246366a279fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leena Miettinen Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 10:03:33 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Doc: setting breakpoints before attaching to a running process Task-number: QTCREATORBUG-3170 Reviewed-by: hjk --- doc/qtcreator.qdoc | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/qtcreator.qdoc b/doc/qtcreator.qdoc index bea3878e5ad..b8a0d0b6435 100644 --- a/doc/qtcreator.qdoc +++ b/doc/qtcreator.qdoc @@ -7201,8 +7201,6 @@ \gui {Debug > Start Debugging > Start and Debug External Application...} and specify an executable. - - \section2 Launching in Terminal Mode To launch the debugger in the terminal mode, select \gui {Projects > Run Settings} @@ -7215,6 +7213,10 @@ \gui {Debug > Start Debugging > Attach to Running External Application...}, and then select a process by its name or process ID to attach to. + You can load the source project in advance and set breakpoints in it before + attaching to an already running process. For more information, see + \l{Setting Breakpoints}. + \section2 Launching in Remote Mode The remote mode allows you to debug processes that run on remote machines.