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Create a Python Breakpoint in Vim

Posted on Thu 18 August 2011 in Tips

Pdb is Python's built-in debugger. To make it easier to start pdb, I added this line to my .vimrc:

noremap <D-d> Oimport pdb; pdb.set_trace()<Esc>:w<Return>

When I type Command-d in normal mode, vim will insert the line import pdb; pdb.set_trace() and save the current file. When I run the python program, and that line is excuted, the Python program will pause and start pdb.

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