Debugging a package

Hi Manuel,

thanks for the great work, a debugger for vscode is highly needed.

I am struggling to get it working for a package (haven’t tried normal code yet).

Currently I am executing these steps:

1. Set a breakpoint in a function
2. Install the package with devtools::install(keep_source = TRUE)
3. Focusing an Rscript in the editor
4. Hitting F5 (debug console starts with message “Starting R session”)
5. Executing some lines of code including a call to a function which contains the breakpoint

However, nothing happens and I do not know why. The R calls are executed in radian.

Probably I am missing something obvious here - highly appreciated if you could provide some guidance here 😃

[pat-s]

Thanks for the quick response!

I’ve followed the instructions again closely (I also did a few days ago already) and also tried setting debuggedPackages again. Unfortunately with no luck.

I am still stopping at the function definition instead of stopping at browser() or a defined breakpoint. I also cannot get to the latter by “continuing”. I clearly must be doing something wrong.

If you’re up to, feel free to write me a mail (see mail in my profile) so we could arrange a meeting to sort this out and figure out how I can help you in this project 😃

[ManuelHentschel]

Thanks for the interesting video call @pat-s! To keep things organized I’ll open a new issue to discuss further improvements to debugging workflow & documentation for packages.