# Editing and debugging a SwiftPM plugin? **URL:** \ **Category:** Using Swift\ **Created:** [May 19, 2024, 12:06am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/editing-and-debugging-a-swiftpm-plugin/71935 "2024-05-19T00:06:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![eskimo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/swift/user_avatar/forums.swift.org/eskimo/32/13558_2.png) [@eskimo](https://forums.swift.org/u/eskimo)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/editing-and-debugging-a-swiftpm-plugin/71935/6 "2024-05-23T07:30:22Z")
My favourite trick for this problem in general is to add a `pause()` system call to the front of my code. That stops the process until it receives a signal, and the act of attaching the debugger generates that signal and thus you can just continue from there. Note that I’ve never tried it with SwiftPM plug-in, but I’ve used it in a wide variety of other circumstances. Share and Enjoy Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ DTS @ Apple --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.swift.org/t/editing-and-debugging-a-swiftpm-plugin/71935)._