microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools
Automatic Debug Configuration
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Description
Please can you include the ability to generate a launch.json entry for cmake-tools?
Either a starting point as already documented or even the most recently run Ctrl+F5 generated configuration?
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools/blob/main/docs/debug-launch.md
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with docs/debug-launch.md and trace the existing Ctrl+F5 debug-configuration flow. Determine how a launch.json entry should be generated from the documented starting point or the most recently run configuration; done means the requested launch.json entry is produced consistently.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cmake, typescript, vscode
- Domain
- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100