Nios® II Software Developer Handbook

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Date 8/28/2023
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3.13. Eclipse Usage Notes

The behavior of certain Eclipse and CDT features is modified by the Nios® II SBT for Eclipse. If you attempt to use these features the same way you would with a non- Nios® II project, you might have problems configuring or building your project. This section discusses such features.

If you launch the Nios® II Software Build Tools for Eclipse from the Nios® II command shell, you cannot pause execution of the Nios® II application when debugging the application. Running the program in this way closes the GDB connection to the target, leaving the processor running. This is caused by running Eclipse from the Cygwin environment.

To ensure that the pause button works, launch the Nios II Software Build Tool for Eclipse either from Platform Designer or directly from your operating system's Start menu.