How to debug python + curses? [was: RE: Applying winpdb_reborn]

[inhahe]

On Sun, May 30, 2021 at 1:43 PM <pjfarley3 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I tried winpdb-reborn some time last year on my Win10 system (python 3.8.3
> at that time), but could not figure out how to use it to debug a python
> script that uses the curses module.
>
> Does anyone here know if winpdb-reborn or any other debugger can support
> 2-window debugging for a python script that uses the curses module?  It
> seems to me that a 2-window debugging session is necessary for a python
> script that uses the curses module because using curses takes over the
> screen from which the script is started, so debugging output and script
> output need to be in separate windows.
>
> I've been forced to use a logger to trace critical values and program flow
> for errors in such a script.  It works, but it is annoyingly slow to debug
> that way.
>
> TIA for any advice or RTFM you can provide.
>
> Peter
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 I don 't know if this solution was mentioned, but someone in IRC just said
this is especially useful for debugging curses, and it reminded me of this
thread.

https://pypi.org/project/q/