Using vscode
Install vscode in ubuntu
First, update the packages index and install the dependencies by typing:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install software-properties-common apt-transport-https wget git
Next, import the Microsoft GPG key using the following wget command:
wget -q https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
And enable the Visual Studio Code repository by typing:
sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main"
Once the apt repository is enabled, install the latest version of Visual Studio Code with:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install code
Visual Studio Code has been installed on your Ubuntu desktop and you can start using it. Next, ubuntu specific Setup credential cache so that you don't have to keep typing origin usercode and password.
git config --global credential.helper store
cpp setup
- https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-cpptools/blob/master/Documentation/LanguageServer/MinGW.md
- https://youtu.be/dSGW-DLMnUc
To get include path gcc -v -E -x c++ -
Debugging
g++ -ggdb
To strip debugging symbol use -s option at release build.
g++ -ggdb -s
Vscode requires xterm, so install, sudo apt install xterm
Powershell setup
When powershell starts, it looks for startup script using the path
stored in the $profile variable.
You can view and edit this file by typing code $profile in the powershell.
Probably simplest strategy here is to look for a script in the project root
folder called .psrc.ps1 and if it exists, execute the script.
Add the following to the opened startup script,
$rc = ".psrc.ps1"
if (Test-Path -Path $rc -PathType Leaf) {
& $rc
}
This way you can put project specific startup commands in .psrc.ps1.
One common usage of this is would be to add or modify path variable.
$env:Path = "SomeRandomPath"; (replaces existing path)
$env:Path += ";SomeRandomPath" (appends to existing path)
Hard wrap for editing comments
Check VS code to edit markdown files section to edit comments in your source files.