microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools
[Feature Request] Execute GDB commands without typing "-exec"
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Feature Request
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- TypeScript
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Description
Is there a way to execute GDB commands without typing "-exec".
I find having to type "-exec" as a prefix to every GDB command cumbersome.
Perhaps a flag in the settings can be added to specify all commands in the GDB prompt to be interpreted as GDB commands only. This way there is no need to prefix GDB commands with "-exec".
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Research direction
No file or test is named in the issue. Start by locating the GDB prompt handling in the TypeScript extension, then determine how a setting could make prompt input run as GDB commands without the -exec prefix; done means the setting works and existing command behavior remains clear.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100