Live Assembly Extension

A Visual Studio Code extension that shows live assembly output while you code in C/C++.
It creates an interactive mapping between your source code and the generated assembly, making learning and debugging easier.

👉 Install from Visual Studio Marketplace

✨ Features

• Live ASM view → updates automatically when you edit your C/C++ code.
• Two modes
  • Instructions only → clean, instruction-focused output.
  • Annotated (full) → includes directives, labels, and comments.
• Hide directives option → filter out .loc, .file, .section and similar compiler boilerplate.
• Intel / AT&T syntax toggle → switch between two popular assembly notations.
• Optimization levels → compare -O0, -O1, -O2, -O3 outputs instantly.
• Code ↔ ASM mapping → clicking a source line highlights the corresponding assembly block.
• Copy button → quickly copy assembly output.
• Rebuild button → manually trigger rebuild.

🛠 Built With

• VS Code Webview API → extension UI
• React + Hooks → modern frontend inside the webview
• CSS (theme-aware) → integrates with light/dark themes
• GCC / Clang → backend compilers generating the assembly

🚀 Installation

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/SKT1803/live-assembly-extension.git
cd live-assembly-extension

Install dependencies:

npm install

Run in VS Code development mode:

1. Open the folder in VS Code.
2. Press F5 → a new Extension Development Host window will open.
3. Open a C/C++ file and activate Live ASM panel.

Usage

• Open any C/C++ source file.

• Press Ctrl+Alt+A or open Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) → search for:

Live ASM: Open Panel

The assembly output will update live as you edit code.

⚙️ Settings

Add compiler settings to your settings.json:

{
  "liveAsm.compilerPath": "C:\\\\msys64\\\\mingw64\\\\bin\\\\gcc.exe",
  "liveAsm.extraArgs": ""
}

• compilerPath → path to GCC/Clang compiler.
• extraArgs → optional extra arguments passed to the compiler (default: none).

📷 Screenshots

C example:

C++ example:

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.