microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools
Wrong description about 'Add the MinGW compiler to your path'
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Description
Feature Request
C/C++ for Visual Studio Code , as the link points out,
if i use the MSYS2 to install Mingw-w64, i should add C:\msys64\ucrt64\bin to the path but not C:\msys64\mingw64\bin. Many people waste their time because of this misleading. Hope to correct it in time.
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Research direction
Start with the linked C/C++ for Visual Studio Code documentation and inspect the section describing how to add MinGW to PATH. Verify the MSYS2 installation paths described in the issue, then update the misleading wording and confirm the documentation points readers to the correct path.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100