[fpc-pascal] fpDebug function-call proof-of-concept

[Joost van der Sluis]

Op 07-07-2020 om 14:17 schreef Sven Barth via fpc-pascal:
> Joost van der Sluis <joost at cnoc.nl <mailto:joost at cnoc.nl>> schrieb am 
> Di., 7. Juli 2020, 11:17:
> 
>     Hi all,
> 
>     Last weekend I started on the ability to evaluate functions within
>     fpDebug. And I got quite far. It is a proof-of-concept, still needs a
>     lot of work. But it works!
> 
>     See it in action here:
> 
>     http://amira.cnoc.nl/fpc/FpDebugCallProofOfconcept.gif
> 
> 
> Very nice! Looking forward to further improvements here. :)
> 
> By the way: how do you use it from within VS Code? Is that some generic 
> debug interface?

I am using this plugin: (Please install and give feedback)
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=CNOC.fpdebug

Well, actually I wrote it:
https://gitlab.freepascal.org/Joost/vscode-fpdebug

It's using Microsoft's debug-adapter-protocol (DAB), a generic protocol 
that can be used to glue editors and debuggers together:
https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2018/08/07/debug-adapter-protocol-website/

I wrote a version of fpDebug that implements this protocol. In principle 
it should also work with other editors that implement this protocol:
https://gitlab.freepascal.org/Joost/fpdserver

Regards,

Joost.