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Debug Trigger

Debug Trigger

Oleksandr Shcherbatii

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317 installs
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Trigger VS Code debugger automatically from app code
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Debug Trigger

Debug Trigger is a Visual Studio Code extension that starts debug session in responce to request from user code.

Features

Currently Debug Trigger supports the following types of debug sessions:

  • cppdbg
  • python

However, it can be extended to support any other types of debug configurations.

Usage

Client libraries can be found in clents folder.

  • Set breakpoints in VS Code
  • In your code add the call to start_debug function from client libary (can be found in clents folder)

Python

from debug_trigger import start_debug
start_debug()

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

  • debug-trigger.configurations: dictionary of debug configurations mapping id -> configuration. The id is passed in request by start_debug function and can be customized.
  • debug-trigger.listento: set TCP socket ("<host> <port>") / Unix socket / Windows pipe name to listen

Release Notes

Users appreciate release notes as you update your extension.

0.0.1

Initial release of debug-trigger

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