[Feature Request] Implement Assembly View/Disassembly View for Debugger

Being able to view assembly and step through assembly instructions would be useful. Especially when debug information isn't available for a certain library. Right now it just displays a message saying unknown source, when it goes into one of these functions. Being able to view values of registers in the GUI some way. Not entirely sure how that would work with VSCode, but being able to the registers all the time and able to modify them such other assembly debuggers.

[agauniyal]

@marktrz if you're on Linux, nemiver does it all and is quite a performer. I'm using it as an alternative to vs debugger on linux and so far it performs well. Now only if vscode could implement its features 🎐

[jacdavis]

Thanks for the feedback. You can view disassembly in vscode using the -exec disassembly command in the debug console. Registers can be viewed the same way (-exec info registers).

[Izikiel]

I have code in C which calls code in ASM and it would be very useful to debug the ASM code within vs code without calling specific gdb commands which only show part of the source.

[hth313]

A register display would be very useful in situations like this, having it update as you step around.

[Izikiel]

If I'm not mistaken, since it's been a couple of years since I used it, the sublime gdb plugin for sublime text 2 supported asm debugging, showing registers and everything (https://github.com/quarnster/SublimeGDB). Probably there is a way for it to be done on vs code

[yh-sb]

So, could you please add a disassembler viewer in dubug view. It will be so helpful for C/C++ developers.
It should not take long time to implement this.

Below placed examples how this view looks like:

[kgfly]

Please add

ASM window
Memory window
Register window

[doingnz]

I have just spent days looking for alternatives to VSCode because I would like to have assembler, memory and register windows. Reworking a large open source project based on VSCode/CMmake to a new tool is considerable effort. There are many people asking for a memory view for a long time. Please do consider adding such a window. Memory view can execute the GDB x command after each step / trace as it is so last decade to enter that command repeatedly (or up arrow enter). Ideally the window would also highlight values that have changed.

[sean-mcmanus]

@doingnz You could try using Visual Studio 2017 -- they have some remote to Linux ability: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vcblog/2016/03/30/visual-c-for-linux-development/ .

[ci70]

Please add

ASM window
Memory window
Register window

[tehKaiN]

This is probably related to #941

[ci70]

Has this been implemented yet???