[lldb-dev] Connecting to lldb-rpc-server

[Enrico Granata via lldb-dev]

I can see a couple of avenues for your use case:

- you can write custom LLDB commands (obligatory reference: http://lldb.llvm.org/python-reference.html <http://lldb.llvm.org/python-reference.html>) and have your users type these via the console instead of by clicking buttons
- you could write a Python script that pops up extra UI and have your buttons run as part of LLDB that way. I have admittedly never tried to do this, and it might require some tinkering, but in theory I believe it should be possible

Personally, I'd rather much have console commands I can type instead of a magic separate UI that might even be hidden underneath other windows or hiding useful information unless I drag it out of the way, but then it's annoying to reach for when I need it, ..., but that's me...

> On Oct 7, 2016, at 11:27 AM, Rex Fenley <rex at remind101.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to build a separate debugging tool that can be used in unison with Xcode it will provide buttons that are shortcuts to lldb scripts we write.
> 
> On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Enrico Granata <egranata at apple.com <mailto:egranata at apple.com>> wrote:
> I am gonna echo Kate's question, but delve one level deeper
> 
> Why do you want to send commands to LLDB from a different process?
> 
> We have a bunch of different extension points in LLDB, so it's possible that what you're trying to do is actually already possible
> 
>> On Oct 7, 2016, at 10:41 AM, Rex Fenley via lldb-dev <lldb-dev at lists.llvm.org <mailto:lldb-dev at lists.llvm.org>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Kate,
>> 
>> I'm trying to connect to the running instance of lldb in Xcode to send commands to it from a different process :)
>> 
>> On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 10:27 AM, Kate Stone <k8stone at apple.com <mailto:k8stone at apple.com>> wrote:
>> The RPC mechanism used in Xcode 8 is not a part of the open source LLDB project and should be treated as an implementation detail of Xcode.  What are you trying to accomplish?
>> 
>> Kate Stone k8stone at apple.com <mailto:k8stone at apple.com>
>>  Xcode Low Level Tools
>> 
>>> On Oct 6, 2016, at 6:11 PM, Rex Fenley via lldb-dev <lldb-dev at lists.llvm.org <mailto:lldb-dev at lists.llvm.org>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi! I'm trying to connect to Xcode's lldb rpc server but I'm having trouble.
>>> 
>>> This doesn't seem to work to list the hosts.
>>> rpcinfo -p lldb-rpc-server
>>> 
>>> Can't contact rpcbind on lldb-rpc-server
>>> 
>>> 
>>> rpcinfo: RPC: Unknown host
>>> 
>>> Am I doing this correctly?
>>> 
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> Thanks,
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