cpplint README

This extension utilizes the cpplint checker to provide C and C++ code style checker within Visual Studio Code.

Features

• check coding style of cpp and c, when open and save source file

Requirements

Install cpplint

Install from source

https://github.com/cpplint/cpplint

Mac & Linux

sudo pip install cpplint

Windows

• install anaconda download link: https://repo.continuum.io/archive/Anaconda2-5.0.0-Windows-x86_64.exe

• install cpplint open the anaconda Prompt, run the following command

pip install cpplint

Check the install result

Linux

ls -l /usr/local/bin/cpplint
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 381 May  3 08:19 /usr/local/bin/cpplint

Mac

ls -l /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/cpplint
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  468 Apr 30 22:57 /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/cpplint

or

ls -l /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/bin/cpplint
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  267 Apr 30 22:03 /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/bin/cpplint

Windows

dir c:\ProgramData\Anaconda2\Scripts\cpplint.exe

Extension Settings

• cpplint.cpplintPath: set cpplint executable path, path on windows should like c:\\ProgramData\\Anaconda2\\Scripts\\cpplint.exe
• cpplint.lintMode: set cpplint mode, avialable value are single and workspace
• cpplint.lineLength: set line length strict, default is 80 characters
• cpplint.excludes: set exclude rules, which is related path and shell globbing is preforming, abosluted path is supported right now
• cpplint.filters: set filters, only error messages whose category names pass the filters will be printed
• cpplint.root: set the root directory used for deriving header guard CPP variables
• cpplint.repository: set top level directory of the repository, used to derive the header guard CPP variable
• cpplint.extensions: set the allowed file extensions that cpplint will check
• cpplint.languages: set the allowed vscode language identifiers that cpplint will check (Currently only on single file mode)
• cpplint.headers: set the allowed header extensions that cpplint will consider to be header files
• cpplint.verbose: verbose level, errors with lower verbosity levels have lower confidence and are more likely to be false positives

Known Issues

Any issues please contact: cpplint