raix / vscode-perl-debug

LOOKING FOR MAINTAINERS. Perl debugger extension for visual studio code
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Show special variables in VARIABLES panel #147

Open dseynhae opened 4 years ago

dseynhae commented 4 years ago

I'm trying to find an extension where most of the debugging activities in VS code actually work. So far, reasonable results with Perl Debug. However, it would be EXTREMELY handy to have the list of "Special" variables also traced in the debugging window, in the VARIABLES section: image

As a work around too see the variable, I can add the ones of interest in the WATCH section. However, for the more probable need to change the content of a special variable, it should already be present in the debug pane (and double-click on it to change the value)...