Enabling breakpoints in Visual Studio for Vaa3D plugins

1. Generate a Visual Studio project using: qmake -tp vc ***.pro

2. In Configuration properties -> Debugging:

   • add Vaa3D executable path to "Command". e.g.: C:\Users\penglab\Documents\GitHub\v3d_external\bin\vaa3d_msvc.exe
   • if you want to call plugin via dofunc, add plugin arguments to "Command Argument". e.g.: /x plugin_name /f function_name ...; if you want to use domenu, just leave this field blank.
   • add working directory to "Working Directory". e.g.: C:\Users\penglab\Documents\GitHub\v3d_external\bin
     

3. In Configuration properties -> C/C++ -> General:

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4. In Configuration properties -> Linker -> Debugging:

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5. Build the project.

6. In the corresponding output folder, make sure the *.pdb file is present.

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