tasks.json syntax wrong?

[bugfishteam]

Issue Type: Bug

For some reason the arg for a custom include path (ex, a user's own .h files) does NOT work in tasks.json (for compiler preprocessor) as it does in c_cpp_properties.json (for IntelliSense).

Namely, has to be something like "/I", "${workspaceFolder}/lib/" ; Because "/I", "${workspaceFolder}/**/" does NOT WORK !

Very confusing since the Microsoft docs on variable substitution give you the 2nd example!

VS Code version: Code 1.61.1 (c13f1abb110fc756f9b3a6f16670df9cd9d4cf63, 2021-10-14T01:19:42.089Z) OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19043 Restricted Mode: No

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[bugfishteam]

Additionally I Googled this for days, saw almost no guidance for VSCode, rather a bunch for Visual Studio.

The 'getting started' docs for VSC were ok but no mention of tasks.json or its preprocessor args. So had to manually Google preprocessor args, that too kind of vague and not geared for any particular Microsoft IDE. Actually more geared toward command line.

Wouldn't it be nice to just follow good documentation, unless I'm missing something. Please and thank you.

[alexr00]

Can you share your whole task?

[bugfishteam]

Sorry for delay, whole build task below.

Basically completely default for a 'new' project, noting I ONLY added the "/I" ... flag. Again I could have missed but have repeatedly browsed the docs but (1) they're just for Visual Studio command line, and (2) I can't find further mention of VSC compiler flag variations.

Specifically below, why doesn't "${workspaceFolder}/**" work like the other .json files (ex, c_cpp_properties.json); in other words why do we have to put "${workspaceFolder}/lib", which is more limited (and requires more specific entries)?

{
  "version": "2.0.0",
  "windows": {
    "options": {
      "shell": {
        "executable": "cmd.exe",
        "args": [
          "/C",
          // The path to VsDevCmd.bat depends on the version of Visual Studio you have installed.
          "\"C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2019/Community/Common7/Tools/VsDevCmd.bat\"",
          "&&"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "tasks": [
    {
      "type": "shell",
      "label": "cl.exe build active file",
      "command": "cl.exe",
      "args": [
        "/Zi",
        "/EHsc",
        "/I",
        "${workspaceFolder}/lib",
        "/Fe:",
        "${fileDirname}\\${fileBasenameNoExtension}.exe",
        "${file}"
      ],
      "problemMatcher": ["$msCompile"],
      "group": {
        "kind": "build",
        "isDefault": true
      }
    }
  ]
}

[bugfishteam]

Hey replied, are you going to open back up?

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[alexr00]

This looks like a question about cl.exe. I would suggest asking on Stack Overflow.