vimspector - A multi-language debugging system for Vim http://puremourning.github.io/vimspector-web
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vimspector - A multi language debugger for Vim

Status

This is a work in progress. It barely functions.

About

The motivation is that debugging in Vim is a pretty horrible experience, particularly if you use multiple languages. With pyclewn no more and the built-in termdebug plugin limited to gdb, I wanted to explore options.

While Language Server Protocol is well known, the Debug Adapter Protocol is less well known, but achieves a similar goal: language agnostic API abstracting debuggers from clients.

The aim of this project is to provide a simple but effective debugging experience in Vim for multiple languages, by leveraging the debug adapters that are being built for VScode.

The ability to do remote debugging is a must. This is key to my workflow, so baking it in to the debugging experience is a top bill goal for the project.

Features

None yet.

Supported Languages

None yet.

Demo

Well there is a proof of concept, showing some of the features and the use of different debug adapters and languages (c++ and Python):

Yes, it's buggy right now, and the UI is all placeholder, but it shows that there is some potential, I think.

FAQ

  1. Q: Does it work? A: Not yet.

License

Apache 2.0

Copyright © 2018 Ben Jackson