VSCode CMake Highlight

This extension provides CMake syntax highlighting for Visual Studio Code.

Install

Search and install cmake-highlight in VSCode extension marketplace:

Features

• Colorization
• Completion Lists

• Code comments

• Snippets

• Quick Help

• Access To Online Help

Options

The following Visual Studio Code settings are available for the Cmake extension. These can be set in user preferences (cmd+,) or workspace settings (.vscode/settings.json).

{
    "cmake.cmakePath": "/path/to/cmake"
}

Commands

• CMake: Online Help to go to the CMake online documentation (according to the current cmake version).

Local build

Install nodejs LTS from https://nodejs.org/en/download (instead of apt due to version too old):

node --version # v20.8.1
npm --vresion # 10.1.0

git clone https://github.com/zchrissirhcz/vscode-cmake-highlight.git
cd vscode-cmake-highlight

npm install -g @vscode/vsce
npm install typescript -g
npm install
...
vsce package # generate the .vsix file
# if your ~/.npmrc contains `prefix=~/.npm-global`, then use the following command
# ~/.npm-global/bin/vsce package

Change index.d.ts (node_modules/@types/node/index.d.ts:20:1)

<reference lib="es2015" />

to

<reference lib="es2015" >

Acknowledgements

This extension is based on CMake For VisualStudio Code.

License

MIT