# Debug preferences

The C/C++ Debug panel controls general settings for C/C++ debugging.

C/C++ Debug Preference Options
Option | Description
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Default variable format | Select the default variable format from either Default, Hexadecimal, Decimal, Octal or Binary.
Default expression format | Select the default expression format from either Default, Hexadecimal, Decimal, Octal or Binary.
Default register format | Select the default register format from either Default, Hexadecimal, Decimal, Octal or Binary.
Character encoding | Select the character encoding of the debugged program. This applies to char type strings. Note that this requires GDB version 7.0 or later.
Wide character encoding | Select the wide character encoding of the debugged program. This applies to wchar_t type strings. Note that this requires GDB version 7.0 or later.
Show source files in binaries | Show source files associated with project binaries.

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