Category Archives: megazeux

Megazeux debugger on github

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Josh Matthews

The official Megazeux repository recently moved to github, allowing me the opportunity to create my own fork and move my debugger work into a more public sphere. Accordingly, you can now visit my repo for all the most recent robotic … Continue reading →

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Cross-compiling with MinGW on Fedora

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Josh Matthews

My goodness, I’m impressed. Having released the first iteration of my robotic debugger, I was informed that the fork()/exec() combo isn’t portable to Windows. Nobody volunteered any patches immediately, so I decided to read up on cross-compiling since I really … Continue reading →

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Break me off a piece of that Megazeux debugger

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Josh Matthews

Breaking news: breakpoints now exist in the debugger. There’s no indication that they exist until execution reaches them unless you look in the console window , but they’re there! Next up: differentiating between active line, current line, and line + … Continue reading →

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Megazeux Debugging: Redux

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Josh Matthews

It’s been about a year and a half since I last touched on the idea of a Megazeux debugger, and that is far too long! I’ve recently begun an internship with Mozilla working on the Electrolysis project, which is a … Continue reading →

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MegaZeux Debugging: part 3

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Josh Matthews

After some more fiddling, basic robot watching is pretty rock solid.  I fixed some memory leaks and crashes, and I’ve moved on to breakpoints.  And herein lies the conumdrum, as I’m trying to figure out the use cases here and … Continue reading →

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MegaZeux Debugging: part 2

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Josh Matthews

What with midterms and end of term, it’s been several weeks since I last touched my robotic debugger, but that changed tonight.  There’s now a usable bleeding-edge debugger for your perusal in the bzr repository.  You have your choice of … Continue reading →

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MegaZeux Debugging

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Josh Matthews

I’m an occasional contributor to the MegaZeux source code, and I frequently compete in the bi-annual Day of Zeux competions.  Accordingly, I’m always interested in new ways to push MegaZeux forward and help people create games easier, which brings me … Continue reading →

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