runtimeInspectorStart.js

// this is from package.json:
`
"interfaceDebugPartial": "AT_INSPECTOR_DYNAMIC=TRUE node apps/interface.js 2>&1 | tee logs/interfaceDebugPartial.log",
`

this.setDebugging = function(trueFalse, done)
      {
        if (done === undefined || done === null)
        { done = ()=>{};
        }

        if (trueFalse === undefined || trueFalse === null) trueFalse = true;


        if (trueFalse === true)
        { 
          if  (
                    // ! process.env.AT_INSPECTOR_RUNNING
                // &&
                        process.env.AT_INSPECTOR_DYNAMIC                === "TRUE"
              )
          {

            // swtich on debugging
            process.env.AT_INSPECTOR_RUNNING = true;

            // Debugger attached.
            // Debugger listening on ws://127.0.0.1:9229/0687f419-a1bf-4598-8944-e826e60581a3
            // For help, see: https://nodejs.org/en/docs/inspector

            atRoot.ls("@: atSrc: setDebugging: waiting for the debugging to attach");

            let debuggerWaitTimeout;
            let catchUserDebugging =
                () =>
                {
                  let t = false;

                  // let timeBeforeDebuggerStatement = Date.now();
                  debugger;
                  // let timeAfterDebuggerStatement  = Date.now();

                  if (t === true)
                  {
                    clearTimeout(debuggerWaitTimeout);
                    done();
                  }
                  else
                  { setTimeout( () => { debuggerWaitTimeout = setTimeout( catchUserDebugging, 200 ) }, 500);
                  }
                };

            debuggerWaitTimeout = setTimeout(catchUserDebugging, 200);
            process.kill(process.pid, "SIGUSR1");

            process.env.AT_CONSOLE_SYNTAXHIGHLIGHTING = "INSPECTOR";
          }
          else
          { atRoot.ls("@: mochaMeta: no need to send debugger signal to node process");
            toReturn = done();
          }
        }
        else
        { 
        }

        atRoot.ls("@@@@@@@","@: atRoot: setDebugging called: " + trueFalse);

      }