Question

I am giving Vim xdebug plugin a try, but when I put cursor on a variable I would like to inspect, press F12, it fails to show the contents in Watch window, just types:

/*{{{1*/ => property_get: filterItems

and enters Insert mode instead of showing the property contents.

I figured out it happens when filetype plugin on is set. Commenting this out makes it work well. Why is that happening? Maybe filetype plugin on directive enables some other settings which break the debugger?

Thanks for the help!

Answer 1

I found a work-around:

function DebugOn()                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
    filetype plugin off
    :python debugger_run()                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
endfunction                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
map <Leader>dd :call DebugOn()<cr>                                                                                                                                                                                                           

function DebugOff()                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
    :python debugger_quit()                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
    filetype plugin on
endfunction                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
map <Leader>dq :call DebugOff()<cr>

So everytime before I run the debugger I set filetype plugin off, and set it back on when I quit debugging. This seems to solve my problem.