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    • #6786
      Anonymous
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      Hi all,

      Big issue I have when debugging code is that my machine will sometimes keel over when stepping through code, and any notes I’ve taken are lost in the reboot.

      So I recently found "Synergy" which is a sort of a software KVM. http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/

      It sets up a client/server connection between 2 PC’s, and as you move your mouse of the desktop of one PC, it sends a network message to the other PC to start handling the mouse/keyboard/controller messages.

      Does that make sense?

      Anyway, I now have two machines side-by-side, running Synergy, so I can test, break, switch to my other machine, record my notes, switch back, and step.

      And by "switch" I mean simply move my mouse from one monitor to the other.

      Oh. And the best feature of Synergy. It has a virtual clipboard. So you can grab text from one machine, and it sends that text to the second machines clipboard.

      What else? It works across MAC/PC/Linux.

      Right that’s my rant. Oh, and its free.

      Check it out.

      regards,
      B.

    • #41412
      Anonymous
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      That’s pretty cool, thanks for the post !

      I get similar issues with debugging full-screen (machine locks completely!) applications on a single monitor setup; but I guess the solution to that particular problem would be to get a dual monitor setup.

    • #41416
      Anonymous
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      That’s pretty cool, thanks for the post !

      I get similar issues with debugging full-screen (machine locks completely!) applications on a single monitor setup; but I guess the solution to that particular problem would be to get a dual monitor setup.[/quote:434df44df0]

      Surely its not locked, you just have a break point in visual studios which you cant get to because your in directx full screen exclusive mode :) A second monitor is the only why to get around this issue i’m afraid.

    • #41417
      Anonymous
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      ah thats old I saw it on hak.5 episode last year :)

    • #41428
      Anonymous
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      Ola

      What is Hak or Hak.5?

    • #41429
      Anonymous
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      That’s pretty cool, thanks for the post !

      I get similar issues with debugging full-screen (machine locks completely!) applications on a single monitor setup; but I guess the solution to that particular problem would be to get a dual monitor setup.[/quote:0ec303b4eb]

      Surely its not locked, you just have a break point in visual studios which you cant get to because your in directx full screen exclusive mode :) A second monitor is the only why to get around this issue i’m afraid.[/quote:0ec303b4eb]

      Well it does pretty much lock up, I mean Ctrl + Alt + Delete (to bring up the task manager) or Alt + Tab doesn’t even work when this happens. Nothing works in fact.. Can’t get much more locked than that ! :) The only remedy unfortunately when this happens is a reboot..

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