Comment 36 for bug 187290

If anyone would like to patch, build and test, but is a little uncertain how, I have updated the wiki with my latest methods of building and testing on Windows - http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Win32Port

Once you've compiled, here's how to use gdb to test

* Run a command window/shell (Start menu -> Run -> command)
* Enter the compiled inkscape directory and type the following;
     ..> gdb (enter)
     (gdb) file inkscape.exe inkscape.dbg (enter)
     (gdb) run {filename optional} (enter)

I always get a segfault to do with xsldebugstatus, but I then type continue (enter) and it always runs OK.

For some reason you can't open files normally from within Inkscape under gdb, so I always have to import them. Everything else works pretty normally.

If you get an error, go to the command window and type;
     (gdb) bt (enter)

This will give you a backtrace of what is going on inside the code. Check that no-one has put in the same result before. Then copy the text from this window and paste into the bug report.