fix(debug-launcher): switch back to stdio communication, because this does not work on Windows with python <3.8

Author: d-biehl

.vscode/launch.json

@@ -51,15 +51,18 @@
 				"CMD_VAR_LONG": "long",
 			},
 			"args": [
-				// "--verbose",
+				"--verbose",
 				// "robot"
 				// "debug-launch",
 				// "--pipe-server",
 				// "\\\\.\\pipe\\926ab05cd224ef08dc3aec29eda1ba61"
 				// "debug",
 				// "--",
 				// "--help"
-				"run"
+				// "run"
+				"debug-launch",
+				"--pipe-server",
+				"\\\\.\\pipe\\df1029c255ced57faea2f0227c1170365"
 			]
 		},
 		{

package.json

@@ -373,13 +373,18 @@
           },
           "robotcode.debugLauncher.mode": {
             "type": "string",
-            "default": "pipe-server",
-            "description": "Specifies the mode the debug adapter is started. Requires a VSCode restart to take effect.",
+            "default": "stdio",
+            "description": "Specifies the mode the debug launcher is started. Requires a VSCode restart to take effect.",
             "enum": [
               "stdio",
               "tcp",
               "pipe-server"
             ],
+            "markdownEnumDescriptions": [
+              "The debug launcher communicates via stdio streams.",
+              "The debug launcher communicates via tcp streams.",
+              "The debug launcher communicates via pipe streams. **This maybe not work on Windows and Python versions < 3.10**."
+            ],
             "scope": "resource"
           },
           "robotcode.debugLauncher.tcpPort": {

tests/robotcode/language_server/robotframework/parts/data/.vscode/launch.json

@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@
             "pythonConfiguration": "RobotCode: Python",
             "robotCodeArgs": [
                 "-v",
-                // "--log",
-                // "--log-level=TRACE",
-                // "--log-calls"
+                "--log",
+                "--log-level=TRACE",
+                "--log-calls"
             ],
             "profiles": [
                 "ci*",

tests/robotcode/language_server/robotframework/parts/data/.vscode/settings.json

@@ -41,10 +41,9 @@
         "**/lib/alibrary.py"
     ],
     "robotcode.extraArgs": [
-        // "--log",
-        // "--log-level",
-        // "TRACE",
-        // "--log-calls"
+        "--log",
+        "--log-level",
+        "TRACE",
+        "--log-calls"
     ],
-    "robotcode.debugLauncher.mode": "pipe-server"
 }

vscode-client/debugmanager.ts

@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ class RobotCodeDebugAdapterDescriptorFactory implements vscode.DebugAdapterDescr
       env: {},
     };
 
-    const args: string[] = [this.pythonManager.robotCodeMain, ...robotcodeExtraArgs, ...launchArgs];
+    const args: string[] = ["-u", this.pythonManager.robotCodeMain, ...robotcodeExtraArgs, ...launchArgs];
 
     this.outputChannel.appendLine(`Starting debug launcher with command: ${pythonCommand} ${args.join(" ")}`);
 
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ class RobotCodeDebugAdapterDescriptorFactory implements vscode.DebugAdapterDescr
         );
       }
     });
+
     return p;
   }
 }