What it is?

A Visual Studio Code configuration that allows the .c/.cpp files to be compiled and the '.exe' file to be executed, will be created with the same name as the base .c/.cpp file.

Prerequisites:

1. MingGW (As it is setup to work with MinGW on Windows)
2. VSCode
3. Add MinGW directory to 'PATH'. (Google how to do it if you do not know)

How to get it to work?

• Just get the .vscode folder cloned in your current C/C++ project directory.

Manual Setup

If you want to set it manually, follow the instructions:

1. Open the folder you have/want to begin the C/CPP project in VSCode.

2. Open Power Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) and type 'tasks' and select 'Tasks:Configure Task'. It will open the 'tasks.json' file in VSCode editor.

3. Replace all the code with the following code:

    {            
        "version": "2.0.0",
        "tasks": [
            {
                "label": "echo",
                "type": "shell",
                "command": "g++",
                "args": [
                    "-g", "${fileBasename}", "-o", "${fileBasenameNoExtension}"
                ],
                "group": {
                    "kind": "build",
                    "isDefault": true
                }
            }
        ]
    }
   

4. Open Power Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) again and type 'launch' and select 'Debug:Open launch.json'. It will open the 'launch.json' file in VSCode editor.

5. Replace all the code with the following code:

    {
        "version": "0.2.0",
        "configurations": [
            {
                "name": "(gdb) Launch",
                "type": "cppdbg",
                "request": "launch",
                "program": "${workspaceFolder}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}.exe",
                "args": [],
                "stopAtEntry": false,
                "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
                "environment": [],
                "externalConsole": true,
                "MIMode": "gdb",
                "miDebuggerPath": "C:\\MinGW\\bin\\gdb.exe", //change this if you have a different installation folder.
                "preLaunchTask": "echo",
                "setupCommands": [
                    {
                        "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
                        "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
                        "ignoreFailures": true
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    }
   

6. Open Power Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) again and type 'configurations' and select 'C/Cpp:Edit Configurations'. It will open the 'c_cpp_properties.json' file in VSCode editor.

7. Replace all the code with the following code:

    {
        "configurations": [
            {
                "name": "Win32",
                "includePath": [
                    "${workspaceFolder}/**"
                ],
                "defines": [
                    "_DEBUG",
                    "UNICODE",
                    "_UNICODE"
                ],
                "compilerPath": "C:\\MinGW\\bin\\gcc.exe", //change this if you have a different installation folder.
                "cStandard": "c11",
                "cppStandard": "c++17",
                "intelliSenseMode": "clang-x64"
            }
        ],
        "version": 4
    }
   

These files will be created in a folder named '.vscode' inside the project directory.

Now you can get your C/C++ project up and running with proper file names and degugging enabled.