mirrors/electron
2
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull requests Projects Releases Packages Wiki Activity Actions

Standardize symbol server

Browse source
This commit is contained in:
Jessica Lord 2015-08-30 22:31:25 -07:00
parent e0542945ce
commit 29c865f0e1
1 changed files with 5 additions and 5 deletions
Show stats Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files

10
docs/development/setting-up-symbol-server.md
View file

@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
# Setting up symbol server in debugger
# Setting Up Symbol Server in Debugger
Debug symbols allow you to have better debugging sessions. They have information
about the functions contained in executables and dynamic libraries and provide
@ -16,16 +16,16 @@ unoptimized local build.
The official symbol server URL for Electron is
http://54.249.141.255:8086/atom-shell/symbols.
You cannot visit this URL directly: you must add it to the symbol path of your
You cannot visit this URL directly, you must add it to the symbol path of your
debugging tool. In the examples below, a local cache directory is used to avoid
repeatedly fetching the PDB from the server. Replace `c:\code\symbols` with an
repeatedly fetching the PDB from the server. Replace `c:\code\symbols` with an
appropriate cache directory on your machine.
## Using the symbol server in Windbg
## Using the Symbol Server in Windbg
The Windbg symbol path is configured with a string value delimited with asterisk
characters. To use only the Electron symbol server, add the following entry to
your symbol path (__note:__ you can replace `c:\code\symbols` with any writable
your symbol path (__Note:__ you can replace `c:\code\symbols` with any writable
directory on your computer, if you'd prefer a different location for downloaded
symbols):