C/C++ Compile Run extension

An extension running on Visual Studio Code to Compile & Run single c/c++ files easily. This is a fork of danielpinto8zz6/c-cpp-compile-run that allows for on-demand compile checking of C/C++ files.

Features

Compile & Run C/C++ opened file directly from the command palette or by pressing 'f6' or 'f7'

Additionally, you can compile the file without running it by pressing 'cmd-6' (for mac) or 'ctrl-6' (windows & linux). This gives you a linter like ALE or syntastic on vim, except only for C/C++ files. Linking is not done - only compiling.

Requirements

• If you are on linux you must install gcc (see instructions)
• If you are on window you must install tdm-gcc (see instructions). Alternatively, you can also install MSYS2 with mingw(32|64), but please read the instructions to setup the path correctly.
• If you are on mac os you must install clang (see instructions)

How to use

Make sure you have .c or .cpp file open. Press "ctrl-6" or "cmd-6" to compile the file only and delete any autogenerated object files. Press "F6", this will compile and run the file using default arguments in settings. Or press "F7", this will use the arguments you specify for the program. If you want to register gcc/g++ path manually, you can set it under settings. You can also set to save file before compiling.

Configurations

Key	Description
c-cpp-compile-run-x.c-compiler	The C compiler path (e.g: /usr/bin/gcc or C:\TDM-GCC-64\bin\gcc.exe)
c-cpp-compile-run-x.cpp-compiler	The Cpp compiler path (e.g: /usr/bin/g++ C:\TDM-GCC-64\bin\gcc.exe)
c-cpp-compile-run-x.save-before-compile	Whether should save the file before compiling
c-cpp-compile-run-x.env-vars	The environment variables to pass to the compiler
c-cpp-compile-run-x.c-flags	The C flags: e.g. -Wall. default: -Wall -Wextra
c-cpp-compile-run-x.cpp-flags	The Cpp flags: e.g. -Wall. default: -Wall -Wextra
c-cpp-compile-run-x.working-dir	The working directory for the compiler. Defaults to the file path
c-cpp-compile-run-x.run-args	The run arguments
c-cpp-compile-run-x.run-in-external-terminal	Whether should run in an external terminal
c-cpp-compile-run-x.should-show-notifications	Whether should show notifications
c-cpp-compile-run-x.output-location	Custom output location for the compiled file

For the working directory and flags, the following variables have special meanings:

• $HOME resolves to your home folder
• $ROOT resolves to the root folder /; on Windows this is equivalent to C:\
• $PROJECT_ROOT resolves to your project root folder - if there is no project then it's equivalent to $ROOT. Multiple project roots are not supported yet - for now it just uses the first root.
• $$ resolves to a literal $.

Important: Only local folders are supported at the moment.

Keybindings

Linux	Windows	Mac	Description
f6	f6	cmd+r	Compiles and runs the file
crtl+6	ctrl+6	cmd+6	Check for compile errors only
f8	f8	cmd+y	Compiles and run the file in external console
f7	f7	cmd+t	Compiles and run the file specifying custom arguments and flags

Known issues:

• On Linux and possibly macOS, gcc and g++ might fail to find "cc1" and "cc1plus" respectively. You might see an error message such as below:

g++: fatal error: cannot execute 'cc1plus': execvp: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.

The solution is to explicitly specify the PATH in your environment variable to the "gcc" folder. or add this to your settings.json:

"c-cpp-compile-run-x.env-vars": {
    "PATH": "/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9/"
}

Please substitute x86_64-linux-gnu/9 with the folder you see in your system. The folder structure takes the format /usr/lib(or lib64)/gcc/PLATFORM/GCC_VERSION/.

Release Notes

Refer to CHANGELOG