Re: How do I use Debugger with Kate on Windows?

Kåre Särs <[email protected]> Mon, 16 Sep 2024 09:00:09 +0300
Newsgroups gmane.comp.kde.devel.kwrite
Message-ID <10541621.nUPlyArG6x@insta-precision3580>
Hi,

On m=C3=A5ndag 2 september 2024 15:50:51 EEST User Ardisan wrote:
> I noticed that I can't find the Debugger plugin with the Windows version =
of
> Kate. When I used the Linux version the option was there. Is this a new
> feature that just hasn't come to the Windows version yet?

The debugging landscape on Windows is quite different, but should be doable=
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to the DAP support added some time ago. What we need is somebody on Windows=
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that has enough need for it to port the plugin to Windows and make sure it=
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works.
If I recall correctly, there where some local-sockets that prevented the=20
windows build, but I'm not sure they are needed with DAP. So should not be=
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impossible to port.=20

Most of the Kate developers use Linux and only occasionally use Windows, so=
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patches would be very welcome.

BR,
  K=C3=A5re