microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools
Better gdb & gcc integration for containerized toolchains
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Description
Feature Request
Currently launch configurations expect a single path for miDebuggerPath (as the name implies) but this creates friction if the underlying debugger requires some "pre" arguments. To give an example:
{
"type": "cppdbg",
"request": "launch",
"name": "Example",
"program": "${workspaceFolder}/...",
"preLaunchTask": "...",
"MIMode": "gdb",
"miDebuggerPath": "toolbox",
"miDebuggerArgs": "run gdb"
}
This triggers the debugger via toolbox --interpreter=mi run gdb, which is not correct as the debugger is not a single command but a compound command here.
There should be a way to provide a "debugger command" where additonal arguments are appended at the end.
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Research direction
Start by locating the launch-configuration handling for miDebuggerPath, miDebuggerArgs, and MIMode in the extension. Trace how the debugger command is assembled, then verify that a compound command such as toolbox with run gdb is invoked with the debugger arguments in the required order and that existing single-path configurations still work.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- developer-experience, devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100