Add documentation for debugger_visualizer attribute #1335
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| he following [attributes] are used for enhancing the debugging experience when using third-party debuggers like GDB or LLDB. | |||
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| ### Using `debugger_visualizer` with Natvis | ||
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| Natvis is an XML-based framework for Microsoft debuggers (such as Visual Studio and WinDbg that uses declarative rules to customize the display of types. |
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| 1. Launch GDB with extra arguments to explicitly add a directory or binary to the auto-load safe path: `gdb -iex "set auto-load safe-path path/to/binary" path/to/binary` (For more information, see GDB's [auto-loading documentation]) | ||
| 1. Create a file named `gdbinit` under `$HOME/.config/gdb` (you may need to create the directory if it doesn't already exist). Add the following line to that file: `add-auto-load-safe-path path/to/binary`. | ||
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This PR adds documentation for the
debugger_visualizerattribute (Tracking issue for debugger_visualizer rust#95939). These docs describe use of the attribute with NatVis (Add a new Rust attribute to support embedding debugger visualizers rust#91779) and pretty printers (Add support for embedding pretty printers via #[debugger_visualizer] attribute rust#97028).