Is there any plugin to simplify the preview of configuration?

[williamking5]

Hi, thank you for great codes! I find the configuration files have really deep hierarchical structures, which is defined by _base_. This kind of design can promote reusing codes but make difficult to change and preview the configurations. For example, if I want to change some arguments, I have to search all _base_ configurations, and it is time-consuming.

For python, plugins such as Pylance have been developed for IDEs to help dive into the codes but mmdet-style configurations are not supported by these plugins. I wonder if there is some plugins that can help preview configurations? Thank you very much!

[Czm369]

Sorry, I do not know whether there exits some plugins that can help preview configurations.
But we are supporting replacing ${key} with the value of cfg.key
#7492

[shinya7y]

VSCode extension Open file is useful, although it is not for preview.
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Fr43nk.seito-openfile

This extension enables the user to open a file under the current cursor position. Just right-click on a pathname within a open document and select the open file under cursor option (or just press Alt + P without right-click). If the file is found by vscode then it will open a new tab with this file.

[shinya7y]

print_config.py prints the whole config.
We can run it by F5 or Ctrl+F5 after editing the launch.json of VSCode.

{
    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Python: mmdet print_config",
            "type": "python",
            "request": "launch",
            "program": "${cwd}/tools/misc/print_config.py",
            "args": ["${file}"],
            "console": "integratedTerminal",
            "justMyCode": true
        }
    ]
}

[williamking5]

Thank you! I've tried these tools, and they are useful for me:)