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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {} {} __debug_octave__ ()
## @deftypefnx {} {} __debug_octave__ (@var{command_string})
## Try to open a terminal window with gdb connected to the current
## Octave process.
##
## If @var{command_string} is not supplied, it should have a single
## @code{%d} format option that will be replaced by the process ID
## for the current Octave process, as returned by @code{getpid}.  For
## example, on Windows systems the following two commands are
## equivalent:
##
## @example
## @group
## __debug_octave__ ()
## __debug_octave__ ("cmd /c start gdb -p %d")
## @end group
## @end example
## @end deftypefn

function __debug_octave__ (command_string)

  if (nargin == 0)
    if (ismac ())
      status = system ("lldb --version");
      if (status != 0)
        error ("unable to execute lldb");
      endif
      command_string = "osascript -e 'tell application \"Terminal\" to do script \"lldb -p %d\"'";

    elseif (isunix ())
      status = system ("gdb --version");
      if (status != 0)
        error ("unable to execute gdb");
      endif
      command_string = "x-terminal-emulator -e gdb -p %d";

    elseif (ispc ())
      status = system ("gdb --version");
      if (status != 0)
        error ("unable to execute gdb");
      endif
      command_string = "cmd /c start gdb -p %d";

    else
      error ("unknown system -- unable to determine how to start debugger");
    endif
  endif

  system (sprintf (command_string, getpid ()), false, "async");

endfunction
