Debugging with Cursor

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Hey Developers!

Does anyone have experience with debugging Rhino plugins with Cursor?

I’m contemplating switching from VS 2022 but can’t figure out how to run a live debug session targeting .NET48. netcore works fine, but netfx gives me the following error:

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Both Rhino 7 and Rhino 8 with the /netfx flag fail miserably.

Any ideas?

The plugin multitargets two frameworks:

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
	
  <PropertyGroup>
    <!-- Select the framework(s) you wish to target.
        Rhino 6: net45
        Rhino 7: net48
        Rhino 8 Windows: net48, net7.0, net7.0-windows, net7.0-windows10.0.22000.0, etc
        Rhino 8 Mac: net7.0, net7.0-macos, net7.0-macos12.0, etc
    -->
    <TargetFrameworks>net7.0;net48</TargetFrameworks>
    <EnableDynamicLoading>true</EnableDynamicLoading>
    <TargetExt>.rhp</TargetExt>
    <NoWarn>NU1701</NoWarn>
  </PropertyGroup>
  
  <PropertyGroup>
    <!-- Specifies information for Assembly and Yak -->
    <Version>1.0</Version>
    <Title>Boiler</Title>
    <Company>Boiler Authors</Company>
    <Description>Description of Boiler</Description>
  </PropertyGroup>
  
  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="RhinoCommon" Version="8.0.23304.9001" ExcludeAssets="runtime" />
  </ItemGroup>
  
</Project>

And then in launch.json I first pre-launch Rhino, and then attach to the running process:

{
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "configurations": [
    {
      "name": "Rhino 8 - netcore",
      "type": "coreclr",
      "request": "attach",
      "processId": "${command:pickProcess}",
      "preLaunchTask": "launch-rhino-for-debugging"
    },
    {
      "name": "Rhino 7",
      "type": "clr",
      "request": "attach",
      "processId": "${command:pickProcess}",
      "preLaunchTask": "launch-rhino-netfx-for-debugging"
    },
  ],
  "compounds": []
}

Here is how my tasks.json looks like:

{
  "version": "2.0.0",
  "tasks": [
    {
      "label": "launch-rhino-for-debugging",
      "type": "shell",
      "command": "& 'C:\\Program Files\\Rhino 8\\System\\Rhino.exe' /netcore"
    },
    {
      "label": "launch-rhino-netfx-for-debugging",
      "type": "shell",
      "command": "& 'C:\\Program Files\\Rhino 7\\System\\Rhino.exe'"
    },
    {
      "label": "build release",
      "command": "dotnet",
      "type": "shell",
      "args": [
        "build",
        "-c:Release",
        "-clp:NoSummary",
        "${workspaceFolder}/Boiler.csproj"
      ],
      "problemMatcher": "$msCompile",
      "presentation": {
        "reveal": "always",
        "clear": true
      },
      "group": "build"
    }
  ]
}
2

Hello,
This may be a slightly different question.

It seems that the C# DevKit only works with VSCode now.
What debugger are you using?

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I’m using this extension:

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1 Like
4

Ey @mrhe !

I’m with the same problem right now. Did you manage to have Rhino being debugged in Cursor?

5

I ended up using 2 IDEs Cursor for writing code, VS2022 for debugging. Both open at the same time. Changes made in Cursor are immediately reflected in VS. Not ideal, but worked.

6

Yeah, this is what I’m doing right now as well.
Thanks anyway!

7

I don’t know for Cursor, but I occasionally use DnSpy as an external debugger. It decompiles your binaries and gives you the true and complete picture. With all advantages and disadvantages.