External debugger

[antonio-petricca]

• VSCode Version:

Version: 1.26.0-insider
Commit: d1272ff
Date: 2018-07-17T08:37:44.704Z
Electron: 1.7.12
Chrome: 58.0.3029.110
Node.js: 7.9.0
V8: 5.8.283.38
Architecture: x64

• OS Version:

Distributor ID: LinuxMint
Description: Linux Mint 19 Tara
Release: 19
Codename: tara

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Install VS Code Bash Debugger.
2. Add to launch.json:

            "console": "externalTerminal",
            "env": {
                "TERM": "mate-terminal"
            },

3. Run debugger

4. Output:

TERM environment variable not set.

[weinand]

Please file this issue against the Bash debugger.

[vscodebot]

This issue is caused by an extension, please file it with the repository (or contact) the extension has linked in its overview in VS Code or the marketplace for VS Code. See also our issue reporting guidelines.

Happy Coding!

[antonio-petricca]

Could you explain why you assess this?
Could you point me to a guide to configure the external terminal for the current insiders release?

Thank you again!

[weinand]

@antonio-petricca how a terminal is configured for debugging depends on the debug extension. Passing environment variables specified in a debug config to the debugger or debuggee is the responsibility of the debug extension. VS Code does neither control nor prescribe how this is done.

[antonio-petricca]

Thank you for you kindly answer!