diff --git a/lldb/tools/lldb-vscode/README.md b/lldb/tools/lldb-vscode/README.md --- a/lldb/tools/lldb-vscode/README.md +++ b/lldb/tools/lldb-vscode/README.md @@ -36,6 +36,19 @@ $ cp /path/to/a/built/liblldb.so . ``` +It is important to note that the directory `~/.vscode/extensions` works for +users logged in locally to the machine. If you are remoting into the box using +Visual Studio Code's Remote plugins (SSH, WSL, Docker) it will look for +extensions on `~/.vscode-server/extensions` only and you will not see your just +installed lldb-vscode plug-in. If you want this plugin to be visible to +remoting users, you will need to either repeat the process above for the +`~/.vscode-server` folder or create a symbolic link from it to +`~/.vscode/extensions`: + +``` +$ cd ~/.vscode-server/extensions +$ ln -s ~/.vscode/extensions/llvm-org.lldb-vscode-0.1.0 llvm-org.lldb-vscode-0.1.0 +``` If you want to make a stand alone plug-in that you can send to others on macOS systems: