microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools
Make \ref in doxygen comments a clickable link to the symbol
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Feature Request
Feature: Doc comments
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Visual Studio Code
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
Feature Request
In Doxygen you can make a reference to a symbol using the \ref command. It would be great if the referenced symbol could become a clickable link so you can jump to the implementation.
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First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by locating the extension's handling of Doxygen comments and the \ref command, then trace how symbol references are resolved and rendered; done means a referenced symbol becomes a clickable link to its implementation.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100