debugging and code editing

[flat-eric147]

I frequently use the Visual Studio Code remote debugging functionality in conjunction with ClearScript's V8 engine, which works great! I just wonder what it would take to also be able to modify the code inside Visual Studio Code on the fly? It would be so handy as you get autocompletion, syntax highlighting etc and all that for free. BTW, on the application side I use AvalonEdit for editing/writing the code. I don't know if the websocket debugging protocol even allows to send over the modified code, so just asking :-p

[ClearScriptLib]

Hi @flat-eric147,

For V8 debugging, the host (ClearScript in this case) is only responsible for sending and receiving messages to and from the debugger. It does not – and as far as we know, it cannot – involve itself in any other way.

We just did some script debugging in ClearScript using Chrome DevTools (in Microsoft Edge 😉) and were able to edit scripts on the fly without problems. In fact, the modified scripts persisted even after we detached the debugger.

Could your issue be specific to Visual Studio Code? Could you give DevTools a try?

Thanks!

[ClearScriptLib]

Please reopen this issue if you have additional thoughts or findings. Thank you!