Debugging Ipelets

[Hirse]

I am fairly new to both Lua and Ipe. For a course project, I would like to write my own Ipelet (in Lua).
I have found the manual and documentation describing how to write one and have been able to add my own simple Ipelet. As I begin to add more complex logic, it would be helpful to have a way to debug my code however. Is there any guide on how to practically develop Lua Ipelets?

[otfried]

I simply use the Lua print statement. When I start Ipe from the command line, the output appears on stdout.

[otfried]

For guidance on writing Ipelets, you may have more luck asking on the ipe-discuss mailing list.

[Hirse]

Thank you. Does this also work when running the compiled version?
I am currently using the Windows binary to skip the effort of building myself. Launching from the command line only opens Ipe, but doesn't keep stdout.

[otfried]

I do all my development on Linux...

It seems running ipe.exe from cmd will not give you any terminal output.
However, running it from Bash (in the official Windows Subsystem for Linux of Window 10) works.

I guess I should provide an ipeDebug command for the Lua layer that will send output through the Ipe debug output system.

[Hirse]

That would be great.
Thank you for the advice.