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Debugging a plugin

Asked by Jonathan Leeson

Hi,

I'm currently working on creating a python plugin for livewallpaper, and would like to know if there are any options for debugging the plugin.

Thanks,

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Jonathan Leeson (jonyleeson) said : 		#1

I've just tested the example python plugin without any changes, and it also seems to not be working, as there's only a black background (this is the same error I'm getting with my plugin).

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Maximilian Schnarr (fyrmir) said : 		#2

Hi,

I personally use a lot of print statements to debug a plugin. It is not the best solution, but it is good enough to figure out, what happens or what value a variable has. Just start livewallpaper from a command line to see the output of the print statements.

I also tested using pdb to debug a python plugin. Just import pdb and add a pdb.set_trace() somewhere in the code to add a breakpoint for example.

The example plugins don't work at the moment. I haven't updated them to work with the latest daily build of livewallpaper. I will upload an updated version of the python example plugin in the next few minutes.

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