VS Code treats your current configuration as the Default Profile. This topic explains how to create, modify, export, and import profiles. VS Code Profiles let you create sets of customizations and quickly switch between them or share them with others. Visual Studio Code has hundreds of settings, thousands of extensions, and innumerable ways to adjust the UI layout to customize the editor.

Configure IntelliSense for cross-compiling.

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You’re free to copy and share this document, but not to sell it. Original document written by Andrew DeOrio document is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License. We do not recommend installing the clangd extension with the Microsoft C/C++ extension because multiple intellisense providers can produce confusing results. Apple’s compiler on macOS is based on LLVM.Ĭlangd provides intellisense and requires the clangd language server, which is related to the LLVM compiler. At the time of this writing (January 2023) debug support has a bug on macOS.ĬodeLLDB provides debugging support for those using the LLVM compiler. Microsoft C/C++ extension provides debugging support and intellisense on Windows, Linux and macOS. There are multiple options for C/C++ extensions. Modify the cStandard and cppStandard settings in c_cpp_properties.json. This will open the file c_cpp_properties.json. Search for and select C/C++: Edit Configurations (JSON). Next, open VS Code’s Command Palette with View > Command Palette or with the keyboard shortcut ctrl + shift + P on Windows or cmd + shift + P on macOS. If the C++ standard is out-of-date, you’ll see squiggles where you shouldn’t.įirst, you should already have the C/C++ extension installed ( Instructions).

Intellisense is the feature that indicates compiler errors with red squiggly lines and suggests code completions. If you have trouble with the compile and run section, a good first step is to delete your launch.json and try the compile and run section again. This section is for common problems and solutions. Press “Continue” to run the program to the next breakpoint, or the end, whichever comes first. The sum() function completes, and the program pauses again. The cursor enters the sum() function.Ĭlick “Step Out”.

If you have trouble viewing the contents of a container like this screenshot, see Pretty Printing STL Containers with gdb.Ĭlick “Step Into”.

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