ability to get/set currently selected debug configuration

Currently, we can run vscode.debug.startDebugging(workspaceFolder, configName) to run the debugger from the extension. Is there a way to change currently selected debug configuration from the extension? Something like vscode.debug.changeCurrentDebugger(workspaceFolder, configName) would be very helpful.

[GordonSmith]

@weinand I would like to see:

• workspace.getDebugLaunchName
• workspace.setDebugLaunchName
• workspace.onDidDebugLaunchNameChange

Since we already can get and modify the actual configurations, this about being notified when the user selects a new one and being able to get / set the current one.

Use Case 1 We have the concept of a “Platform” which has many configurations and when submitting code to it, it can be submitted to: run, compile or debug. Currently we achieve this by having many launch “similar” configurations, but the permutations add up.
So when the user changes launch configuration, it would be good if we were notified so that we could query the server for the list of “queues” and then display that in the status bar (the user can then click to change queue, like they change file type currently).

Use Case 2 For our language it would make sense to remember the launch config used with a specific file and this would simplify the process

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