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.lite_project.lua

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ config.plugins.jpdebug = {
       type = "luadebug",
       entry = "test.lua",
       cwd = ".",
-      lua = {"C:\\msys64\\msys2_shell.cmd", "-defterm", "-here", "-no-start", "-ucrt64", "-shell", "bash", "-c", "lua"},
+      lua = {"lua"},
     },
   },
   default_target = "luadebug"

init.lua

@@ -188,14 +188,16 @@ local function run_target(target, name)
       end
 
       view:clear()
+
       -- background pump (non-blocking I/O)
       core.add_thread(function()
         while true do
+          core.redraw = true
           coroutine.yield(0.016) -- ~60fps
           if running_proc == nil then
             return
           end
-          local out = running_proc:read_stdout()
+          local out = runner:read_stdout(running_proc)
           if out == nil then
             -- stdout pipe closed: try drain stderr and break when both closed
             local err = runner:read_stderr(running_proc)

runners/luadebug.lua

@@ -1,23 +1,58 @@
 local core = require "core"
 local process = require "process"
 
--- Dump any table to a string
----@param o any
----@param force bool|nil
----@return nil
----@diagnostic disable-next-line: unused-function
-local function dump(o, force)
-  force = force or false
-  if type(o) == 'table' or force then
-      local s = '{ '
-      for k,v in pairs(o) do
-         if type(k) ~= 'number' then k = '"'..k..'"' end
-         s = s .. '['..k..'] = ' .. dump(v) .. ','
+-- tiny helpers
+local function dirname(p) return p:match("^(.*)[/\\]") or "" end
+local function join(a, b) return (a:sub(-1) == "/" and a or (a .. "/")) .. b end
+
+-- returns absolute path to the plugin root (…/jpdebug)
+local function get_plugin_root()
+  -- debug.getinfo(1, "S").source gives "@/full/path/to/this/file.lua"
+  local src = debug.getinfo(1, "S").source
+  if src:sub(1, 1) == "@" then src = src:sub(2) end
+  local here = dirname(src)                    -- …/jpdebug/runners
+  return dirname(here)                         -- …/jpdebug
 end
-      return s .. '} '
+
+-- Main lua process spawner
+local function spawn_lua_process(entry, lua, cwd, env)
+  local host = "localhost"
+  local port = 8172
+  local nowait = false
+
+  -- Resolve vendor/?.lua so "require('mobdebug')" finds the bundled file
+  local vendor_glob = join(get_plugin_root(), "vendor/?.lua")
+
+  -- Build the inline lua launcher
+  local dbg_call = string.format([[
+    local ok, m = pcall(require, "mobdebug"); if ok then
+      print("Connecting to "..%q..":"..tostring(%d))
+      local connected = m.start(%q, %d)
+      if not connected and %s then m.off() end
+    end
+  ]], host, port, host, port, nowait and "true" or "false")
+  local launcher = string.format([[
+    package.path = %q .. ";" .. package.path
+    %s
+    dofile(%q)
+  ]], vendor_glob, dbg_call, entry)
+
+  -- Spawn the process
+  local cmd = {}
+  if type(lua) == "table" then
+    for i=1, #lua do table.insert(cmd, lua[i]) end
   else
-      return type(o)..": "..tostring(o)
+    table.insert(cmd, lua)
   end
+  table.insert(cmd, "-e")
+  table.insert(cmd, launcher)
+  local proc = process.start(cmd, {
+    cwd = cwd,
+    env = env,
+    stdout = process.REDIRECT_PIPE,
+    stderr = process.REDIRECT_PIPE,
+  })
+  return proc
 end
 
 ---@class LDB
@@ -35,65 +70,48 @@ function LDB:run(target, name, debuginfo)
     return
   end
   local entry = target.entry
-  local lua = target.lua or {"lua"}
+  local lua = target.lua or "lua"
   local cwd = target.cwd or "."
   local env = target.env or {}
 
-  -- Build the inline lua launcher
-  local dbg_call = string.format([[
-    print("Here will the call to mobdebug be")
-  ]])
-  local launcher = string.format([[
-    %s
-    dofile(%q)
-  ]], dbg_call, entry)
+  -- TODO spawn the mobdebugger
+
+  -- spawn the main lua process
+  local proc = spawn_lua_process(entry, lua, cwd, env)
 
-  -- Spawn the process
-  local cmd = lua
-  -- table.insert(lua, "-e")
-  table.insert(lua, entry)
-  local proc = process.start(cmd, {
-    cwd = cwd,
-    env = env,
-    stdout = process.REDIRECT_PIPE,
-    stderr = process.REDIRECT_PIPE,
-  })
   if proc == nil then
     core.error("[jpdebug][luadebug] Failed to start "..entry)
     return nil
   end
-  return proc
+
+  return {
+    luaproc=proc,
+  }
 end
 
 -- Wait untill it ends, possibly with timeout
----@param proc process Process object
----@param time any Time field, process.WAIT_INFINITE
 function LDB:wait(proc, time)
-  return proc:wait(time)
+  return proc.luaproc:wait(time)
 end
 
 -- Read the stdout, returns nil if process has stopped
----@param proc process Process object
 function LDB:read_stdout(proc)
-  return proc:read_stdout()
+  return proc.luaproc:read_stdout()
 end
 
 -- Read the stderr
----@param proc process Process object
 function LDB:read_stderr(proc)
-  return proc:read_stderr()
+  return proc.luaproc:read_stderr()
 end
 
 -- Kill the process
----@param proc process Process object
 function LDB:kill(proc)
-  proc:kill()
+  proc.luaproc:kill()
 end
 
 -- Terminate the process
----@param proc process Process object
 function LDB:terminate(proc)
-  proc:terminate()
+  proc.luaproc:terminate()
 end
 
 return LDB

test.lua

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 print("Starting loop: test 123")
-for i = 1,10 do
+for i = 1,5 do
   print("i = ", i)  -- we'll stop here
   require("socket").sleep(1)
 end