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diff --git a/docs/dev/quickstart.rst b/docs/dev/quickstart.rst index 305a8686e..973df3b2c 100644 --- a/docs/dev/quickstart.rst +++ b/docs/dev/quickstart.rst @@ -34,6 +34,20 @@ choose a meaningful commit message and we are happy to receive your pull request. To not end in *wild west* we have some directives, please pay attention to our ":ref:`how to contribute`" guideline. +.. _pdb: https://docs.python.org/3/library/pdb.html#module-pdb + +If you want to debug with the *good old Python Debugger* pdb_: Alternatively to +``make run`` (2.) which starts a :ref:`searxng granian` server you can jump +into the developer environment and start a python based HTTP server by:: + + $ ./manage dev.env + ... + (dev.env)$ SEARXNG_DEBUG=1 python -m searx.webapp + +Since this is a pure Python solution, you can set breakpoints in your code with +``pdb.set_trace()`` and the debugger will wait for you in the terminal prompt. + + .. sidebar:: further read - :ref:`make nvm` |