Linux Programming Environment Settings in Windows XP (with VMware)

• GNU Emacs color settings & syntax highlighting for 256-color terminals (with PuTTy and screen):
• See EmacsWiki: PuTTy for PuTTy settings.
• Just change "xterm-256color" to "putty-256color" in "terminal-type-string".
  
• Install "xterm-256color.el" under "lisp/term" directory.
• Create "putty-256color.el" having the following line in the same directory:
• (load "term/xterm-256color" nil t)
  
• Install (from source) 256-color-enabled "screen".
• Add "term putty-256color" in "$HOME/.screenrc".

• Static IP address with NAT for Ubuntu server in VMware:
• Update "interface" file under "/etc/networking" as follows:
• From:
  

  
  iface eth0 inet dhcp
  

  
  
  
• To:
  

  
  iface eth0 inet static
  address xxx.yyy.zzz.abc
  gateway xxx.yyy.zzz.2
  netmask 255.255.255.0
  network xxx.yyy.zzz.0
  broadcast xxx.yyy.zzz.255
  

  
  

On debugging STL with VS.NET 2003 debugger

From: "Oleg Starodumov"
Subject: Re: debugging with STL
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.vc.debugger

> how do I use VS C++ .NET 2003 debugger to view the data in a STL
> container, such as vector and list?
> If I just type the name of a vector into the Watch window, all I see is some
> beginning and ending memory address.
>

There is no direct support for STL containers in Watch window.
Instead you have to work with the members of the corresponding
container types.

For a vector, you can start with these examples:

"v._Myfirst" -> the first element
"v._Myfirst, 10" -> 10 elements
"v._Myfirst[1]" -> the element at index 1
"v.size()" -> number of elements

For a list:

"l._Mysize" -> number of elements
"l._Myhead->_Next->_Myval" -> the first element
"l._Myhead->_Next->_Next->_Myval" -> the second element
"l._Myhead->_Next->_Next->_Next->_Myval" -> the third element, etc.

Regards,
Oleg