microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools
Active Target does not allow special or multiple targets
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- TypeScript
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Description
Once the extension has built up its target list it's only possible to select one of the offered targets which are somehow filtered it seems.
So I can neither set e.g. ninja folder targets like src/all nor can I give multiple targets to build exactly what I need for my work.
If the target is not in the list it should just be accepted as-is and passed to ninja.
### Platform and Versions
- **Operating System**: Win10 Remote WSL Ubuntu 20.04
- **CMake Version**: 3.17
- **VSCode Version**: 1.47
- **CMake Tools Extension Version**: 1.4.1
- **Compiler/Toolchain**: clang-10
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by tracing active-target selection in the CMake Tools extension and how selected targets are passed to ninja; no specific file or test is named. Done means special targets such as src/all and multiple user-supplied targets are accepted and passed through instead of being limited to the offered list.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cmake, typescript, vscode
- Domain
- build-system, developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100