Starting dap without having a Swift buffer open

[whiteio]

Hey! Just had a small question about how the debugger starts. I noticed that a Swift buffer needed to be open to start dap within start_dap_in_swift_buffer. Was just curious if it'd be able to start with a different buffer open such as Objective-C?

[wojciech-kulik]

This is how dap.continue() function works. It gets the DAP configuration based on the current file type. The function start_dap_in_swift_buffer calls dap.continue() from the first Swift buffer it finds, without switching to it by using vim.api.nvim_win_call.

Was just curious if it'd be able to start with a different buffer open such as Objective-C?

As long as there is any Swift buffer visible.

[wojciech-kulik]

@whiteio Actually, it turned out that I can workaround it by using dap.run(dap.configurations.swift) instead of dap.continue(). This way you don't have to have any Swift buffer open.

Thank you for the feedback it made me think about this solution and as a result fixing the problem :)! 🍻 Please update the plugin and enjoy!