Inquiry About Line-by-Line Debugging Capability in SyntaxEditor - SyntaxEditor Python Language Add-on for WPF Forum

Posted 6 months ago by cho

Version: 24.1.3

Dear Actipro Support Team,

I hope this message finds you well. I am currently evaluating SyntaxEditor for a new project and have a question regarding its debugging capabilities. Specifically, I would like to know if it is possible to implement or configure line-by-line debugging for Python code within SyntaxEditor. (I am using Python.NET.) My goal is to allow users to step through code execution one line at a time and dynamically run each line based on the cursor position, while maintaining the proper context (indentation, loops, etc.).

For example, in the following code:

while i < 2:
i += 1

If a user executes only the while i < 2: line, a potential infinite loop could occur, which I experienced when using AvalonEdit. I would like to know if SyntaxEditor can recognize such cases where context is important (e.g., loops, indentation) and handle them appropriately by maintaining the overall code structure.

Could you please clarify if SyntaxEditor supports this functionality natively? If not, could you guide me on the best approach to implement this feature using SyntaxEditor, Python.NET, or any other recommended integration?

Any insights or examples you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your support.

Best regards,

Cho

Comments (1)

Posted 6 months ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA

Hello,

Thank you for your interest in SyntaxEditor. The Python Language Add-on supports features like syntax highlighting, parsing, AST building, syntax error reporting, code outlining, etc. However it doesn't have a Python interpreter built in. You would need to hook into a third-party one yourself to manage debugging.

That being said, once you do, SyntaxEditor has all the user interface features for displaying indicators in the editor, such as breakpoints, current line statements, etc. You just need to add/remove them as the state of your debugger changes. Our indicators samples show some of these user interface capabilities.

Actipro Software Support

The latest build of this product (v24.1.5) was released 1 month ago, which was after the last post in this thread.

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