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Debugger operations should print out the action that was taken in Integrated Terminal
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Description
System Details
- Operating system name and version:
- VS Code version:
- PowerShell extension version:
- Output from
$PSVersionTable:
Copy / paste the below commands into the PowerShell Integrated Terminal, and paste the output here
PS C:\> code -v
1.10.2
8076a19fdcab7e1fc1707952d652f0bb6c6db331
PS C:\> $pseditor.EditorServicesVersion
Major Minor Build Revision
----- ----- ----- --------
0 12 0 0
PS C:\> code --list-extensions --show-versions
ms-vscode.PowerShell@0.12.1
PS C:\> $PSVersionTable
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 5.1.14393.693
PSEdition Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion 10.0.14393.693
CLRVersion 4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion 3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
Issue Description
When stepping through the debugger, a new line is printed in the Integrated Terminal each time a debugger action is taken (eg. Step Into, Step Out, etc.), showing the PowerShell prompt. This could be improved to be more useful by showing the debugger action that was taken each time a new line is printed, instead of showing just the prompt by itself.
Low priority.
Cheers,
Trevor Sullivan
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start from the debugger action handling and the Integrated Terminal output path, focusing on how Step Into, Step Out, and similar actions produce a new prompt line. Confirm the terminal can identify the action taken, then verify that each debugger operation prints its action instead of only the prompt.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- powershell, typescript, vscode
- Domain
- developer-experience, devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100