Java Mode Syntax

step

Single step one line (step into calls). With multithreaded programs when a method call is stepped over, all threads are implicitly resumed for the duration of that method call in order to avoid deadlock. Non-active threads cannot be stepped.

step n

Single step n lines (step into calls).

step up

Step up and out of the current method.

step ...thread_id

Step the given thread. Does not apply to step up.

step ...lwp_id

Step the given LWP. Does not implicitly resume all LWPs when stepping over a method.