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# vimspector - A multi language debugger for Vim
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# Status
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The plugin is a capable, if basic, debugger for c++ and python on the author's
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computer. I think the concept is well and truly proven and it is worth
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completing.
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If you are insanely curious and wish to try it out, it's probably best to find
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me in #vim or the YCM gitter channel. It's probably too early.
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In order to use it you have to currently:
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- Write an undocumented configuration file that contains essentially
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undocumented parameters.
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- Use an undocumented API via things like `:call vimsepctor#Launch()`.
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- etc.
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# Background
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The motivation is that debugging in Vim is a pretty horrible experience,
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particularly if you use multiple languages. With pyclewn no more and the
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built-in termdebug plugin limited to gdb, I wanted to explore options.
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While Language Server Protocol is well known, the Debug Adapter Protocol is less
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well known, but achieves a similar goal: language agnostic API abstracting
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debuggers from clients.
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The aim of this project is to provide a simple but effective debugging
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experience in Vim for multiple languages, by leveraging the debug adapters that
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are being built for Visual Studio Code.
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The ability to do remote debugging is a must. This is key to my workflow, so
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baking it in to the debugging experience is a top bill goal for the project.
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# Demo
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Please note the entire UI is placeholder. These are just proofs-of-concept.
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## C Debugging
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# Python Debugging
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# Features and Usage
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## Launch and attach by PID:
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* Create `vimspector.json`. See [below](#supported-languages).
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* `:call vimsepctor#Launch()` and select a configuration.
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## Breakpoints
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* Use `vimspector#ToggleBreakpoint()` to set/disable/delete a line breakpoint.
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* Use `vimspector#AddFunctionBreakpoint( '<name>' )` to add a function
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breakpoint.
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## Stepping
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* Step in/out, finish, continue, pause etc. using the WinBar.
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* If you really want to, the API is `vimspector#StepInto()` etc.
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## Variables and scopes
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* Current scope shows values of locals.
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* Use `<CR>` to expand/collapse (+, -).
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* When changing the stack frame the locals window updates.
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* While paused, hover to see values
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## Watches
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* Add watches to the variables window with
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`:call vimspector#AddWatch( '<expr>' )`
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* Expand result with `<CR>`.
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* Delete with `<DEL>`.
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## Stack Traces
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* In the threads window, use `<CR>` to expand/collapse.
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* Use `<CR>` on a stack frame to jump to it.
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## Program Output:
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* In the outputs window use the WinBar to select the output channel.
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* The debugee prints to the stdout channel.
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* Other channels may be useful for debugging.
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# Supported Languages
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Current tested with the following debug adapters.
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Note, there is no support for installing the extension. Use VSCode to do that by
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installing it in the UI. The default extension directory is something like
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`$HOME/.vscode/extensions`.
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Note, the launch configurations below are reverse-engineered from the
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extensions. Typically they are documented in the extension's `package.json`, but
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not always (or not completely).
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* C++: [vscode-cpptools](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-cpptools)
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```
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{
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"adapters": {
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"cppdbg": {
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"name": "cppdbg",
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"command": [ "<path to extension>/debugAdapters/OpenDebugAD7" ],
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"attach": {
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"pidProperty": "processId",
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"pidSelect": "ask"
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}
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},
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....
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},
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"configurations": {
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"<name>: Launch": {
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"adapter": "cppdbg",
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"configuration": {
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"name": "<name>",
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"type": "cppdbg",
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"request": "launch",
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"program": "<path to binary>",
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"args": [ ... ],
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"cwd": "<working directory>",
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"environment": [ ... ],
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"externalConsole": true,
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"MIMode": "lldb"
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}
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},
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"<name>: Attach": {
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"adapter": "cppdbg",
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"configuration": {
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"name": "<name>: Attach",
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"type": "cppdbg",
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"request": "attach",
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"program": "<path to binary>",
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"MIMode": "lldb"
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}
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}
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...
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}
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}
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```
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* C++: [code=debug ](https://github.com/WebFreak001/code-debug)
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```
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{
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"adapters": {
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"lldb-mi": {
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"name": "lldb-mi",
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"command": [
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"node",
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"<path to extension>/out/src/lldb.js"
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],
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"attach": {
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"pidProperty": "target",
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"pidSelect": "ask"
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}
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}
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...
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},
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"configurations": {
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"<name>: Launch": {
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"adapter": "lldb-mi",
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"configuration": {
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"request": "attach",
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"cwd": "<working directory>",
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"program": "<path to binary>",
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"args": [ ... ],
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"environment": [ ... ],
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"lldbmipath": "<path to a working lldb-mi>"
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}
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},
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"<name>: Attach": {
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"adapter": "lldb-mi",
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"configuration": {
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"request": "attach",
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"cwd": "<working directory>",
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"executable": "<path to binary>",
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"lldbmipath": "<path to a working lldb-mi>"
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}
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}
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...
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}
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}
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```
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* C, C++, Rust, etc.: [CodeLLDB](https://github.com/vadimcn/vscode-lldb)
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```
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{
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"adapters": {
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"lldb": {
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"name": "lldb",
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"command": [
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"lldb",
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"-b",
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"-O",
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"command script import '<extension path>/adapter'",
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"-O",
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"script adapter.main.run_stdio_session()"
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]
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}
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...
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},
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"configurations": {
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"<name>: Launch": {
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"adapter": "lldb",
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"configuration": {
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"type": "lldb",
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"request": "launch",
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"name": "<name>: Launch",
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"program": "<path to binary>",
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"args": [ .. ],
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"cwd": "<working directory>"
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}
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}
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}
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}
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```
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* Python: [vscode-python](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python)
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```
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{
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"adapters": {
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"python": {
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"name": "python",
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"command": [
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"node",
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"<path to extension>/out/client/debugger/Main.js"
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]
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}
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...
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},
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"configurations": {
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"<name>: Launch": {
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"adapter": "python",
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"configuration": {
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"name": "<name>: Launch",
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"type": "python",
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"request": "launch",
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"cwd": "<working directory>",
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"stopOnEntry": true,
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"console": "externalTerminal",
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"debugOptions": [],
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"program": "<path to main python file>"
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}
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}
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...
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}
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}
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```
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Also the mock debugger, but that isn't actually useful.
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# Unsupported
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Known not to work:
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* Java Debug Server. This doesn't work (yet) because it runs as a jdt.ls plugin.
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Support for this may be added in conjunction with [ycmd][], but this
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architecture is incredibly complex and vastly different from any other.
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* C-sharp. The license appears to require that it is only used with Visual
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Studio Code.
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# Supported Platforms
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Currently on the author's environment which is macOS.
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The plugin _might_ work on other UNIX-like environments but it hasn't been
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tested. It will almost certainly not work on Windows.
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Requires:
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- Vim 8.1 compiled with python 3 support.
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# FAQ
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1. Q: Does it work? A: Yeah, sort of. It's _incredibly_ buggy and unpolished.
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2. Q: Does it work with <insert language here>? A: Probably, but it won't
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necessarily be easy to work out what to put in the `.vimspector.json`. As you
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can see above, some of the servers aren't really editor agnostic, and require
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very-specific unique handling.
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# License
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[Apache 2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
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Copyright © 2018 Ben Jackson
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[ycmd]: https://github.com/Valloric/ycmd
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