Clear terminal before launching another debuggee in terminal

[weinand]

In VS Code the DAP runInTerminal request tries to launch a new debug session in the same integrated terminal if the previous session has finished. A consequence of this approach is that the previous commands and output will remain visible in the integrated terminal which is confusing for some users.

This request asks for introducing a setting to automatically clear the integrated terminal before starting a new debug session.

@testforstephen this feature request is a replacement for your DAP feature request.

[weinand]

@testforstephen the new feature is now available under a new setting "debug.terminal.clearBeforeReusing".

[testforstephen]

@weinand thanks. I tried in latest insider (2021-03-22) in macOS, overall it looks good. Just a minor concern about the clear behavior.

By default, launch a new debug session will auto keep the new terminal command at the beginning of my viewport.

Screen.Recording.2021-03-22.at.16.47.16.mov

But if i have scrolled the terminal manually, then launch in terminal won't clear the terminal and scroll to the latest terminal line.

Screen.Recording.2021-03-22.at.16.51.45.mov

[weinand]

@testforstephen thanks for testing.
Strange, scrolling should not have an effect because clearing the terminal is done by running the "clear" command in the terminal.