URL to v8_inspector in the Windows console is inconvenient to copyΒ #7141
Description
- Version: 7.0.0-nightly20160602aac79dfd78
- Platform: Windows 7
- Subsystem: v8_inspector
Selection in the default Windows console works in the block mode with line wrap replaced by line break in the copy.
A user can select a long URL with indentation only by selecting all the full lines:
On inserting in the address bar, the line break is replaced by %20 and the URL becomes invalid:
Currently a user has these workarounds:
- Use not default console.
- Expand screen buffer width up to URL width.
- Redirect output to file and copy from it.
- Manually clean each URL.
Is there a way to address this inconvenience? Maybe a flag can be added to open the URL in the Chrome automatically.
Activity
MylesBorins commentedon Jun 3, 2016
/cc @ofrobots
jasnell commentedon Jun 6, 2016
+1 for this. Having the option to have the inspector opened automatically would be very useful.
vsemozhetbyt commentedon Jun 7, 2016
Very handy workaround from @cjihrig : https://github.com/continuationlabs/node-v8-inspector
RReverser commentedon Jun 8, 2016
@vsemozhetbyt As a side note (since it's a generic problem when working with cmd in Windows): I'd recommend using ConEmu instead, as, among other things, it allows proper linear selection and copy and so on. Also, this is fixed in Windows 10 built-in console, but from the screenshots it looks like you're not using it, so might be not an option.
vsemozhetbyt commentedon Jun 8, 2016
@RReverser Thank you. I weighed in adoption of other console, but there are some forethoughts for me:
RReverser commentedon Jun 8, 2016
True, but, as I said above, default console has been fixed already. The issue here is rather that you might be using outdated version of Windows :)
vsemozhetbyt commentedon Jun 8, 2016
So, while Node.js supports Windows 7, somebody must be a test canary for the Windows 7 default console too :)
orangemocha commentedon Jun 9, 2016
FWIW I use Console2 which provides better copy&paste across lines and has been working very reliably for me.
Fishrock123 commentedon Jun 27, 2016
Seems like a
cmd.exeproblem?jaridmargolin commentedon Oct 31, 2016
May not be the most elegant solution, but as I found the process of copying and pasting the url every time a little clumsy (as well as refreshing etc...), I put together a little project this weekend:
https://github.com/jaridmargolin/inspect-process
People following this thread may find it helpful.
june07 commentedon Nov 16, 2016
Addressed this in #2546 but it's a closed issue, also in #9185
The following plugin helps in this case:
chrome plugin
It gives you the option of auto opening and closing the DevTools window in a tab or window. Just change the toggle from Manual to Auto and then start a debugging session. DevTools should open. And once you end your debugging session, DevTools will close.
I was having the same issue a few days ago and wrote a Chrome extension to solve it. Would love any feedback.
bmeck commentedon Nov 17, 2016
@jasnell there isn't a great way to find the Application Chrome/Chromium and fire it up across platforms. We could use
openon OSX,start(and guess at dir to search) on Windows, andxdg-openon linux/bsd. However, these tools don't have the exact same behavior and things could get weird (particularly on linux/bsd if the url scheme is not registered).jaridmargolin commentedon Nov 17, 2016
@jasnell @bmeck - https://github.com/jaridmargolin/inspect-process uses selenium under the hood. Assuming there are a handful of reasons why you wouldn't want to put that into core.
Additionally as for
open... chrome will not "open" to achrome://url. Perhaps this should be filed as a bug on there end.lacmuch commentedon Jan 6, 2017
use this .bat file for running your debug process:
mode con: cols=200 lines=25
node --inspect=5858 [source file]
vsemozhetbyt commentedon Jan 6, 2017
@lacmuch Thank you. Personally, I've set something like that in default cmd window options.
Trott commentedon Jul 15, 2017
@vsemozhetbyt Should this remain open?
vsemozhetbyt commentedon Jul 15, 2017
I think not. The URL is shorter now and we have other ways to interact. Thank you.