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INTRODUCTION
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Screencast - https://vimeo.com/95775461
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Vebugger is yet another debugger frontend plugin for Vim, created because I
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wasn't happy with the other debugger plugins I found. Vebugger currently
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supports:
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* Tracking the currently executed command in the source code
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* Debugger flow commands - step-in, set-over, set-out and continue
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* Breakpoints management
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* Evaluating expressions in the current executed scope
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* Messing with the program's state (changing values, calling functions)
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Vebugger is built as a generic framework for building frontends for
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interactive shell debugger, and comes with implementations for:
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* GDB - doesn't need introduction...
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* LLDB - debugger based on LLVM for C-family languages
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* JDB - a Java debugger
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* Mdbg - a .NET debugger(Windows only)
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* PDB - a Python module for debugging Python scripts
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* RDebug - a Ruby command line option for debugging Ruby scripts
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Other implementations can be added with ease, and I will accept pull requests
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that add such implementations as long as they use Vim's |license|.
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Vebugger is built under the following assumptions:
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* While command line debuggers share enough in common to make the creation
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of such a framework as Vebugger possible, the differences between them are
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too great to be expressed with regular expression. To support them all at
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least some code has to be written.
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* Unlike IDE users, Vim users tend to understand the tools the operate behind
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the scenes. While Vebugger automates the common features, it allows you to
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"open the hood" and interact with the debugger's shell directly so you could
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utilize the full power of your debugger.
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* I have no intention to aim for the lowest common denominator. If one
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debugger has a cool feature I want to support, I'll implement it even if the
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other debuggers don't have it.
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Vebugger is developed under Linux. It doesn't work properly under Windows due
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to lack of PTY support. I have neither plans nor means to support OSX, but I
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will accept pull requests that add OSX support.
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The features that don't work under windows are:
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* RDebug.
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* Displaying output from the debugged program.
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REQUIREMENTS
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Vebugger requires the vimproc plugin, obtainable from:
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https://github.com/Shougo/vimproc.vim. Notice that vimproc needs to be built -
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there are instructions in the GitHub page.
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In order for Vebugger to use a debugger, that debugger must be installed and
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it's executable must be either be in the PATH or set with a global variable
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(see `help vebugger-configuration`). In case of RDebug and PDB, which are used
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from the Ruby and Python modules, the interpreter(`ruby` or `python`) is the
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one that must be installed and in the path.
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USAGE
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Run `help vebugger-launching` from Vim to learn how to launch the debugger.
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Run `help vebugger-usage` from Vim to learn how to operate the debugger.
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