wrong text output at DEBUG CONSOLE

[kzhui125]

What version of Go, VS Code & VS Code Go extension are you using?

Version Information

• Run go version to get version of Go from the VS Code integrated terminal.
  • go version go1.17.6 darwin/amd64
• Run gopls -v version to get version of Gopls from the VS Code integrated terminal.
  • golang.org/x/tools/gopls v0.8.1
• Run code -v or code-insiders -v to get version of VS Code or VS Code Insiders.
  • 1.65.2
• Check your installed extensions to get the version of the VS Code Go extension
  • 0.32.0
• Run Ctrl+Shift+P (Cmd+Shift+P on Mac OS) > Go: Locate Configured Go Tools command.
  go: /usr/local/bin/go: go version go1.17.6 darwin/amd64
  go-outline: /Users/zm/go/bin/go-outline (version: v0.0.0-20210608161538-9736a4bde949 built with go: go1.17.6)
  gotests: /Users/zm/go/bin/gotests (version: v1.6.0 built with go: go1.17.6)
  gomodifytags: /Users/zm/go/bin/gomodifytags (version: v1.16.0 built with go: go1.17.6)
  impl: /Users/zm/go/bin/impl (version: v1.1.0 built with go: go1.17.6)
  goplay: /Users/zm/go/bin/goplay (version: v1.0.0 built with go: go1.17.6)
  dlv: /Users/zm/go/bin/dlv (version: v1.8.1 built with go: go1.17.6)
  staticcheck: /Users/zm/go/bin/staticcheck (version: v0.2.2 built with go: go1.17.6)
  gopls: /Users/zm/go/bin/gopls (version: v0.8.1 built with go: go1.17.6)

Share the Go related settings you have added/edited

"go.delveConfig": {
    "apiVersion": 2,
    "showGlobalVariables": true
  },
  "go.formatTool": "goimports",
  "go.useLanguageServer": true,
  "go.testFlags": [
    "-v"
  ],
  "go.languageServerFlags": [
    "-rpc.trace",
  ],
  "[go]": {
    "editor.formatOnSave": true,
    "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
      "source.organizeImports": true,
    },
  },
  "[go.mod]": {
    "editor.formatOnSave": true,
    "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
      "source.organizeImports": true,
    },
  },
  "gopls": {
    "usePlaceholders": true,
    "completeUnimported": true
  },
"go.toolsManagement.autoUpdate": true,

Describe the bug

bug: the output in DEBUG CONSOLE is not the same as the content of test.txt

expected: the output should be the content of test.txt

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. go mod init gtest
2. write main.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
)

func main() {
	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(`/path/to/test.txt`)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Println(string(data))
	fmt.Println("end")
}

3. set breakpoint at line fmt.Println("end")
4. debug main.go
5. debug console: output is not expected as the same as test.txt

Screenshots or recordings

the test.txt is attacted:

test.txt

[findleyr]

Hi, is the only difference those invalid characters indicated with the arrow?

This is most likely an encoding issue in the debug console, and therefore not really related to VS Code Go. However, if you can try the following we can perhaps narrow it down:

1. reproduce using a shorter text file, containing just those characters
2. check if those characters print when running from the vscode integrated terminal
3. check if those characters are formatted correctly from within Go source code in the vs code editor

[kzhui125]

@findleyr test.txt is attached, can you reproduce?

[kzhui125]

With shorter text file, I don’t reproduce.

In the example: the only difference are those invalid characters indicated with the arrow.

[findleyr]

@kzhui125 this issue tracker is maintained by a small number of engineers working on primarily on Go, and this problem does not yet appear directly related to Go or the Go extension. We don't have unlimited resources to investigate every problem and so try to first isolated whether the problem is related to the extension.

Thanks for trying with a shorter text file. Can you produce a minimal text file that reproduces the problem?

What about the other steps: are the characters formatted correctly in the integrated terminal, or if you open the file as a VS Code tab?

[kzhui125]

I don't know how does this bug happen, so I can't produce a shorter text.

the text.txt I attaced is the minimal text file I can produce now:

are the characters formatted correctly in the integrated terminal:
formatted correctly

or if you open the file as a VS Code tab:
formatted correctly

[kzhui125]

I have tried using VSCode to debug js code, using the same text.txt file, and it works fine.

So this might not be a issue of VSCode side.

By the way, I think the ![图1-1](https://test.com/file/abcdefg.jpg) line in the text file may be the cause of the issue.

[findleyr]

Hi, could you try setting "console": "integratedTerminal" in your launch config?

More details here:
https://github.com/golang/vscode-go/blob/master/docs/debugging.md#configuration

[kzhui125]

@findleyr
"console": "integratedTerminal" works fine

this problem is only related to debug console

[kzhui125]

I have provided you the code and test.txt file. You can reproduce by yourself too.

[kzhui125]

I don’t know this bug is related to vscode or vscode-go extension, can you confirm?

[findleyr]

@kzhui125 we discussed in our triage today. This is a problem in the vscode-go extension, where it truncates based on byte offsets rather than character offsets (and therefore corrupts some characters).

I think since there is a viable workaround, and this only impacts large output, we are unlikely to prioritize this anytime soon.

[kzhui125]

Thanks, but I often debug testing file functions instead of main.go, how can I use integrated terminal in this way

[hyangah]

Create a test configuration and start debug test with F5.
There is an open issue about allowing users to provide custom launch configuration for code lenses and test explorer.
(#855) But I am not sure when/who/how it will be addressed.

[DomPedrinacio]

Bro, i have a litle problem with my code, iam a JavaScript and React developer, and i dont wanna write a simple code of "if and else if" because my debug console have a show a litle bit problema when he says:
"ERROR: Invalid character \u201c' at undefined
Console output:"
Wtf is going on??