efuzy/mumps-debug

Debugger for MUMPS (M) GT.M / YottaDB

Debugger for Yottadb / GT.M

This is a Beta Version of a Debugger for Mumps (M) running on Yottadb/GT.M It now includes Syntax-Highlighting by David Silin with some minor improvements

Using mumps-debug

• Install the mumps-debug extension in VS Code.

• Put the MDEBUG.m Routine in your M-Program-Directoty and start it.

• Edit the launch.json and set hostname of the host MDEBUG runs on.

• Maybe change Port in launch.json and in MDEBUG.m if Port 9000 isn't useable.

• Also set the localRoutinesPath to map the directory on your VS Code machine to the machine where MDEBUG.m runs.

• Open a M-Program you want to debug in VS Code and start debugging via "F5"

Project Page:

https://github.com/jewuma/mumps-debug.git

launch.json:

A possible launch.json could look like this:

{
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "configurations": [
    {
      "type": "mumps",
      "request": "launch",
      "name": "Debug active File",
      "program": "${file}",
      "stopOnEntry": true,
      "hostname": "192.168.0.1",
      "localRoutinesPath": "y:\\",
      "port": 9000
    }
  ]
}