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I've started using realgud:pdb for python debugging in emacs: https://github.com/realgud/realgud

When you begin a realgud session, it opens a command window and a source window.

Keys like 'n' and 'b' typed inside the source window execute pdb commands, like 'next' or 'breakpoint.'

I would like to make modifications to the source code while I debug, but this is impossible if my keystrokes in the source window are captured by the debugging application.

Am I missing something? What's the right, effective workflow for making changes to source using realgud based on information I learn in the debugging process?

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See realgud-srcbuf-lock variable:

Set source buffers read-only when the debugger is active. A setting of nil allows editing, but Short-Key-mode use may inhibit this.

You can also use C-x C-q in realgud-short-key-mode to turn read-only mode off.

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  • Thank you. I notice this /only/ turns it off. Ideally, I'd expect to toggle back and forth. When I press C-x C-q a second time, read-only-mode is back on, but I don't regain my ability to use pdg commands like I did before C-x C-q. Nov 26, 2019 at 2:40
  • Hmm, I guess it's back if I go back into the command buffer then return to the source window. But it does not toggle back simply by staying in the source window. Nov 26, 2019 at 2:42
  • Does invoking M-x realgud-short-key-mode turn it on?
    – muffinmad
    Nov 26, 2019 at 8:03

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