Recently I was developing with RIDE7 + gcc for STM32/ARM and needed to design a function to execute from RAM space. I was able to do this, but I discovered that breakpoints would not work in that RAM function unless I first located it in the "Disassembly View" (where it was shown as just db 'x' and UNDEF lines) and clicked "Explore Code" (often it was necessary to do this several times in nearby areas before debugging with breakpoints or stepping would work as expected).

In Project Properties -> Advanced ARM Options -> Debug environment, I have set "Explore code" = Yes ("Disassembles the whole ROM on Startup or not."), but this function didn't seem to be included in that. Since the linker was aware of its RAM address (it was located in the .RAMtext section and copied into RAM by startup code), isn't there a way that the debugger could be setup to automatically disassemble this code? (or even ALL memory not just ROM -- I know this would generate some meaningless gibberish when attempting to disassemble data, but this would be better than nothing.) Maybe there is already a solution, and I just don't know about it.

Overall, I am very satisfied with RIDE, but occasionally I encounter little things like this that make my life difficult, so then I come nag on the forums :) Thanks again for your support.