You can't just copy and use the file because of the "##NAMESPACE##:: everywhere
You can find/replace this token all over the file. Easy and it works (using Visual Studio). Philippe On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:40:40 +0100 Nicolas Arnaud-Cormos via Development <development@qt-project.org> wrote: Hi everyone, > > On Windows, for those using Visual Studio or VS Code with MSVC compiler, the > only way to see anything sensible when debugging is to use a natvis file. > > This natvis file is currently embedded into the VsTools extension for Visual > Studio, here: > https://github.com/qt-labs/vstools/blob/dev/QtVsTools.Package/qt6.natvis.xml > > If you use Visual Studio, and use the extension, you normally have nothing to > do as it will be deployed for you. > > Unfortunately, I see some issues here: > 1) The file is really behind (the Qt5 one was better IMO), and there's no > real contributions to it, but rather external ones like: > https://github.com/aleksey-nikolaev/natvis-collection/blob/master/QJson.natvis > 2) You can't just copy and use the file because of the "##NAMESPACE##:: > everywhere > 3) If you use VSCode, you have to embed it in the project > > As a VSCode user, I'm doing 3), but it's not really any better as I'm missing > any updates on it. > I know there's now a Qt VSCode extension, with the natvis file integrated > too, but I couldn't get it to work properly. > > I think a better solution would be to have the natvis files embedded into the > pdb on Windows, for multiple reasons: > - no need to set a natvis file on VSCode or VS for those not using the > extension, > - in case of internal changes for the Qt classes, we could adapt the file and > ty it to a specific Qt version, > - slightly more visible place for people to contribute. > > Another solution, at least better than right now, would be to have a repo for > the natvis, that could be used by both the VsTools extension and the VSCode > extension. > Not my best choice, but at least it will give a better visibility to it and > reduce the pain to contributions. > > Thoughts? > > Thanks, > Nicolas > -- Nicolas Arnaud-Cormos | Senior Software Engineer & Teamlead KDAB (France) > S.A.S., a KDAB Group company Tel: France +33 (0)4 90 84 08 53, > https://www.kdab.com KDAB - Trusted Software Excellence >
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