Send code to debug window

[krlmlr]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
In a debugging session with https://github.com/ManuelHentschel/VSCode-R-Debugger, Ctrl + Enter still sends code to the R session.

Describe the solution you'd like
Ctrl + Enter sends to the debug window if inDebugMode.

Describe alternatives you've considered
I have mapped editor.debug.action.selectionToRepl to Ctrl + Enter if inDebugMode is set. This works but I need to select the code I want to send. I'd like to take advantage of this extension's ability to detect the R code to send to the debug window.

Additional context
Thanks for the great extension!

[krlmlr]

@ManuelHentschel Does this require help from VSCode-R-Debugger? AFAICT the Python extension has a similar command: microsoft/vscode-python#14494.

[krlmlr]

I changed the "when" for Ctrl+Enter to include !inDebugMode, now I can select code and press Ctrl + Enter to send code to the debug console. The default command "editor.debug.action.selectionToRepl" does that. It would be great if this extension enhanced this to send the current line and/or expression to the REPL.

Do we need help from the R language server (or does this even belong there)?

CC @renkun-ken.

[ManuelHentschel]

@ManuelHentschel Does this require help from VSCode-R-Debugger? AFAICT the Python extension has a similar command: microsoft/vscode-python#14494.

Ideally, this should be possible without any changes to VSCode-R-Debugger, using something similar to the command editor.debug.action.selectionToRepl or debug.replPaste. It's a bit annoying that there seems to be no command to send arbitrary text to the repl, just the selection/clipboard.

A workaround might be to determine which code to send, using the existing functions from this package, then quickly select that text, call editor.debug.action.selectionToRepl and revert the selection (or accordingly using the clipboard, though at first glance that command only seems to paste the code without running it).

[krlmlr]

Yeah, I forgot about "editor.debug.action.selectionToRepl". AFAICT this commands sends and executes, at least after I mark the line with Ctrl + L.

Can an extension send arbitrary text to the REPL?

[ManuelHentschel]

Can an extension send arbitrary text to the REPL?

Not as far as I'm aware. An extension can send custom commands to a debug session, using vscode.DebugSession.customRequest or access any of the normal commands, but there seems to be no command/function to send arbitrary text.

A workaround might be to determine which code to send, using the existing functions from this package, then quickly select that text, call editor.debug.action.selectionToRepl and revert the selection (or accordingly using the clipboard, though at first glance that command only seems to paste the code without running it).

This could be implemented by the vscode-R extension instead, but feels a bit hacky.

[Sandy4321]

will it work for python debugging ?
Send code to debug window for current code line with cursor

[Sandy4321]

like
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