Debug Code That Uses Meson & Ninja

• OS and Version: Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia
• VS Code Version: 1.41.1
• C/C++ Extension Version: 0.26.3

I want to debug Nemo source code using VSCode.

The way we do it using command line is mentioned in https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo/issues/2309

The summery of the process is -

git clone https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo
cd nemo
sudo apt-get build-dep nemo 
dpkg-buildpackage 
cd .. && sudo dpkg -i *.deb

One thing we do to save time after the initial build and install using dpkg-buildpackage, is instead run: sudo ninja -C debian/build install

Currently we are using gdb to debug, & G_BREAKPOINT() to set breakpoints. However, it will be great to put breakpoints and press F5 to debug in VSCode. What might be the best possible way to achieve this?

Please let me know if you need any further information to help us with this process.

Il report descrive la compilazione di Nemo con dpkg-buildpackage, l’installazione con ninja -C debian/build install e il debugging con GDB e G_BREAKPOINT(). Inizia tracciando come il workflow F5 dell’estensione C/C++ di VS Code verrebbe applicato a quella compilazione; il lavoro sarebbe completato quando esistesse un modo documentato e riproducibile per impostare i breakpoint e avviare Nemo.