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Configure C Compiling

Configure C Compiling

Ivo Machado

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Automatic generation of launch.json, tasks.json and makefile to compile C files and small projects inside VS Code
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configure-c-compiling README

This extension was created to automate the creation of the launch.json, tasks.json files and a simple makefile for c projects. It Also generates the c_cpp_properties.json that includes the mingw include paths in windows.

Features

Generates a the launch.json that enables VSCode to launch a C application and generates a task in tasks.json that compiles the source code.

This extension has only one command: Generate Configurations and it overwrites the 4 files.

Requirements

You need MinGW or other fork in Windows and the C/C++ extension for VSCode.

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

  • configure-c-compiling.mingwPath: Sets the full path to MinGW folder in Windows

Release Notes

0.2.0

Generation of the c_cpp_properties.json with MinGW include paths.

0.1.1

Correction of task command in Linux

0.1.0

Initial Release

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