conan-vscodeproperties

A conan generator for [microsoft's visual studio code C/C++ extension] (https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode.cpptools) property file

Generates a .vscode/c_cpp_properties.json file for the default configurations using the default properties with the include paths used by conan appended to the default include paths

Using

This generator is not currently published to a public conan server so you will have to export it into your local conan cache:

Clone this repository: 'git clone https://github.com/mkovalchik/conan-vscodepropertiesgen.git'

Export the generator into your local conan cache: 'cd conan-vscodepropertiesgen; conan export conan-vscodepropertiesgen/0.1@mkovalchik/stable'

Include the generator in your conanfile.txt

[requires]
vscodepropertiesgen/0.1@mkovalchik/stable

[generators]
VSCodeProperties

Todo

• Publish on a public conan server
• Specify the file path to write the properties to
• Merge/Append conan include directories to vscode includePaths property instead of replacing the whole file
• Allow/Handle definition of specific configuration names