Text Debugging

Adds prinf-style debugging. Select some variables or expressions and a blank line, and this command will insert language-appropriate debugging statements. I try to insert dynamic line numbers when possible (easy in some languages, impossible in others). It falls back to static line numbers if the language doesn't have “compile time” line numbers.

Installation

Using Package Control, install “TextDebugging” or clone this repo in your packages folder.

I recommended you add key bindings for the commands. I've included my preferred bindings below. Copy them to your key bindings file (⌘⇧,).

Commands

text_debugging: First, select multiple variables. Then put an empty cursor somewhere and run this command (recommended: ctrl+p). You'll get some good debug output that looks like this (Python example):

print("""=============== Untitled at line {0} ===============
looks: {1!r}
like: {2!r}
this: {3!r}
""".format(__import__('sys')._getframe().f_lineno - 2, looks, like, this, ))

This package supports many languages, here's a ruby example:

puts("=============== at line 49 ===============
looks: #{looks.inspect}
like: #{like.inspect}
this: #{this.inspect}")

Key Bindings

Copy these to your user key bindings file.

{ "keys": ["ctrl+p"], "command": "text_debugging" },