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Odin debugging on windows with vscode. See: readme
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0 Odin debugging on windows.md

Setup

To setup debugging for Odin programs on Windows with VsCode follow these steps:

  • make sure you have the C/C++ extension pack (VsCode extension) installed
  • create a .vscode folder at the root of your Odin project
  • copy the launch.json and tasks.json into it
  • click on the debug tab in VsCode, then click on the debug button at the top (or press F5)

Note: if you want to use a starter template which also sets up a tracking allocator which tracks and reports memory leaks you can use: https://github.com/RednibCoding/Odin-Starter

FAQ

Q: When I start debugging, I get the following error popup: Configured debug type 'cppvsdbg' is not supported.

A: Make sure you have the C/C++ extension pack installed. If it is already installed, try reinstalling it.

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launch.json
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"type": "cppvsdbg",
"request": "launch",
"preLaunchTask": "Build",
"name": "Debug",
"program": "${workspaceFolder}/build/debug.exe",
"args": [],
"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
}
]
}
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tasks.json
{
"version": "2.0.0",
"command": "",
"args": [],
"tasks": [
{
"label": "mkdir",
"type": "shell",
"command": "cmd",
"args": [
"/C",
"if not exist .\\build mkdir .\\build"
]
},
{
"label": "build",
"type": "shell",
"command": "odin build . -debug -out:build/debug.exe",
"group": "build"
},
{
"label": "Build",
"dependsOn": [
"mkdir",
"build"
]
}
]
}
@SvenSchneiderDVAG
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nice, works like a charme. thank you @RednibCoding

@michaelcrichlow
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Thank you!! Works well. 👍

@williamtwilson
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Incredible, thank you! One thing to note is that people may run into a permissions issue the first time before .\build exists, but running a second time clears it up!

@shanestevens
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SO good! Thankyou for this, I was going mad finding a way to do this with CoPilot! I wish there was a Mac version of this.

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