Adding launch config "name" to terminal title variables (terminal.integrated.tabs.title)

I would like to rename my terminal titles to reflect the launch config name to avoid the following when debugging cpp:

https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools/issues/6485: very useful when debugging network applications [...] it's hard to differentiate between

There was a request https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/109235 to add a "terminalTitle" or similar field to each launch config, but this requires adding features for each debugger type. So far in the case of cpp there is no such feature yet.

At that time, I guess there was no settign to customize terminal titles (terminal.integrated.tabs.title). Furthermore, adding custom terminal titles to the launch configurations now would interfere with (or get ignored by) terminal.integrated.tabs.title.

So seems the most logical feature to introduce a variable name {configuration} tu the current set (copied here for reference):

${cwd}: the terminal's current working directory
${cwdFolder}: the terminal's current working directory, displayed for multi-root workspaces or in a single root workspace when the value differs from the initial working directory. On Windows, this will only be displayed when shell integration is enabled.
${workspaceFolder}: the workspace in which the terminal was launched
${local}: indicates a local terminal in a remote workspace
${process}: the name of the terminal process
${separator}: a conditional separator (-) that only shows when surrounded by variables with values or static text.
${sequence}: the name provided to the terminal by the process
${task}: indicates this terminal is associated with a task

{configuration} would be pretty similar to {task}, in its case it would only get a value in the context of being spawn by a launched debugging config etc

Best regards!

microsoft / vscode

Adding launch config "name" to terminal title variables (terminal.integrated.tabs.title) #212952