Debug Trigger is a Visual Studio Code extension that starts debug session in responce to request from user code.

Currently Debug Trigger supports the following types of debug sessions:

• cppdbg
• python

However, it can be extended to support any other types of debug configurations.

Client libraries can be found in clents folder.

• Set breakpoints in VS Code
• In your code add the call to start_debug function from client libary (can be found in clents folder)

from debug_trigger import start_debug
start_debug()

This extension contributes the following settings:

• debug-trigger.configurations: dictionary of debug configurations mapping id -> configuration. The id is passed in request by start_debug function and can be customized.
• debug-trigger.listento: set TCP socket ("<host> <port>") / Unix socket / Windows pipe name to listen

Users appreciate release notes as you update your extension.

Initial release of debug-trigger