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>Debugging CERN ROOT scripts and ROOT-based programs in Eclipse IDE (30 Oct 2021)

Oh gosh. The nightmares. - What obviously shows that you can build extraordinary stuff in horrible environments.

I don't understand is it about eclipse?

It was a nice guest post on the website about eclipse, but most people just use gdb. It is now possible to step through ROOT macros with gdb by exporting CLING_DEBUG=1. See https://indico.jlab.org/event/459/contributions/11563/

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