microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools
Document customConfigurationVariables property and cpptools.activeConfigCustomVariable command
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Description
The c_cpp_properties.json file supports a customConfigurationVariables property and the plugin provides the cpptools.activeConfigCustomVariable command to access those custom configuration variables for example from the tasks.json. This allows a flexible integration of the C/C++ configurations with the VS Code Tasks.
However, neither the customConfigurationVariables property nor the related cpptools.activeConfigCustomVariable command are documented in the reference https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/cpp/c-cpp-properties-schema-reference.
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Research direction
Start with the C/C++ properties schema reference linked in the issue and locate its property and command documentation sections. Document the customConfigurationVariables property and the cpptools.activeConfigCustomVariable command, including their use with tasks.json; done means both are covered in the reference.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 1/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 50/100