Meta variable

The debugger adapter may have more useful information than the AutoHotkey debugger.

Meta variable is a variable to access this information and is enclosed in curly brackets such as {hitCount} to distinguish it from AutoHotkey variable.

It can be used for the following features.

• Watch expression
• Log point
• PerfTips
• Debug directive
  • Breakpoint directive
  • Output directive
  • ClearConsole directive

Meta variables with some child elements can specify the child element as in {callstack[1].name}. If the type is an array, the index start with 1, as in AutoHotkey. However, unlike that, "1", 0x1, etc. are not available, only pure numbers are supported.

Name	Type	Description
{hitCount}	number	Hit count of Breakpoint. If the pause reason is not BREAKPOINT or HIDDEN BREAKPOINT, the value will be -1. Removing a breakpoint will also discard the count.
{elapsedTime_ns} {elapsedTime_ms} {elapsedTime_s}	number	Note that this is not accurate by specification, Especially noticeable if you are using Advanced breakpoint. Also note that if you pause, the value will be -1, as the exact execute time cannot be calculated. Time taken to execute. Each suffix indicates the unit of measurement: ns(nanosecond), ms(millisecond), s(second).
{now}	string	Current time. Same as {A_Year}-{A_Mon}-{A_MDay} {A_Hour}:{A_Min}:{A_Sec}.{A_MSec}
{variableCategories}	array	By default, it can output Local and Global variables. The output depends on how the variableCategories attribute is specified. If you use {variableCategories[1]}, you can output only specific categories. In this case, Local will be output. However, it is not possible to specify variable as in {variableCategories[1].localVar}.
{callstack}	array	An array of objects with the following attributes.
{callstack[INDEX].name}	string	It is similar to A_ThisFunc in that it represents the function name, and is slightly superior to the Auto Exec section because it does not return an empty string. Note that, the formatting is a little different, as in funcName().
{callstack[INDEX].path}	string	Full path of the file.
{callstack[INDEX].line}	number	Line of the file.
{callStackNames}	array	Array of callstack[INDEX].name. In other words, {callstackNames[1]} is the same as {callstack[1].name}.
{thisCallstack}	array	Same as {callstackNames[1]}.