I am trying to use VS Code for lisp debugging, with no luck. I have installed the AutoLisp Extension for VS Code, but whien I try to debug. It prompts me in the top middle of the editor for a process to Attach to. I already have ICad runnimg (v12) so I select it from the dropdown list and nothing happens. It doesn't connect to ICad, doesn't debug (I have a breakpoint on the first line of code). Do I need to invoke the Lisp function from inside of ICad or VS Code?
Also, I am looking for the keystroke combination that will stop executing a running lisp function (caught in a while loop)...any ideas?
Re: Running and testing Lisp routines
#2Hi Rob,
AFAIK, IntelliCAD hasn't supported VS code for debugging until now.
Hope it's available in the next release.
Regards.
AFAIK, IntelliCAD hasn't supported VS code for debugging until now.
Hope it's available in the next release.
Regards.
Re: Running and testing Lisp routines
#3I found an error message in VS Code (actually the AutoLisp extension) stating that it needed access to an executable to run in the CMS Intellicad folder called AutoLispDebugAdapter.exe, so I copied it from my 2024 trial of AutoCad, but still no go. I am wondering if I need to start that program manually? It didn't say.
At this point I am ready to write my own debugger in a dialog box with a listbox and a few buttons to allow you to single-line execute the lines in the .lsp file one by one.
For now though I include calls to a debug function that princs out the variable name and it's value while the lisp file is executing...handy, but not as good as a debugger.
At this point I am ready to write my own debugger in a dialog box with a listbox and a few buttons to allow you to single-line execute the lines in the .lsp file one by one.
For now though I include calls to a debug function that princs out the variable name and it's value while the lisp file is executing...handy, but not as good as a debugger.