C++ Insights for Visual Studio Code (VSCode)

Features

This extension allows you to view C++ Insights inside of vscode:

or diff the Insights with your original source:

The extension can utilize a compilation database/compile commands for easy use in existing environments. You can specify a directory containing the compilation database, aka the build directory, with vscode-cppinsights.buildDirectory. If the active file is part of a workspace, and vscode-cppinsights.buildDirectoryPrioritizeCMake is set, the cmake.buildDirectory is used to determine the build directory.

Requirements

This extension requires @andreasfertig's C++ Insights. C++ Insights can be found here: https://github.com/andreasfertig/cppinsights. Build or download the latest release and specify the path to the cppinsights binary in vscode-cppinsights.path.

Commands

• vscode-cppinsights.insights: Show C++ insights
• vscode-cppinsights.insightsDiff: Show C++ insights diff with original

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings: (You can find descriptions in the settings UI)

• vscode-cppinsights.path
• vscode-cppinsights.buildDirectory
• vscode-cppinsights.buildDirectoryPrioritizeCMake
• vscode-cppinsights.args
• vscode-cppinsights.format
• vscode-cppinsights.experimental

Contribute

If you want to contribute, have an idea for a feature, or want to report an issue, please visit the GitHub repository.

Known Issues

Compiler Error on Windows

• Using Microsoft/Visual Studio STL with C++ Insights might report "#error STL1000: Unexpected compiler version". You can define _ALLOW_COMPILER_AND_STL_VERSION_MISMATCH (before any includes) as a workaround (C++ Insights Issue).

  Formatting (vscode-cppinsights.format)

• Enabling the option disables the "preview" property of the output editor
• When using the insightsDiff command, the output is not formatted like the original source