Default configuration

[KrestenHelstrup]

Hi,

Everytime I open up my workspace I have to set the build configuration even though only one configuration is present in my settings.json file. Would it be possible to mark a configuration as default which would automatically be selected ?

Thanks in advance

[andreeis]

@KrestenHelstrup, are you selecting the configuration via the UI on the left, after clicking the "C/C++" icon? Normally once selected, it doesn't go away unless you run the command "Makefile: Reset the Makefile Tools Extension workspace state (for troubleshooting)".
What OS are you on? How is your configuration set in settings?

[KrestenHelstrup]

Hi,
I'm sorry my description was a bit unclear. Once I have selected the config it stays, but when I pull a new repo I have to select the config even though only one config exists. Due to the nature of SVN I also have to reselect it when I create a new branch.
I don't know what the feature is used for in complex project, but I guess that for most embedded projects it always looks something like this:
"makefile.configurations": [
{
"name": "defaultConfig",
"makeArgs": ["-j12"],
"problemMatchers": ["$gcc"],
}
],
Maybe another solution could be to automatically select it if there is only one config available ?

[andreeis]

@KrestenHelstrup, I was thinking of the default to be a configuration that did not require any setting: no make args, no problem matchers... nothing. And the slightest difference that would require a definition would make the configuration non default.
But I realize we can look at the default concept from another angle like you describe. It sounds good to always select the only entry defined in makefile.configurations[].
We'll brainstorm and decide whether to implement this suggestion or not (which would be a quick short code change anyway).

[KrestenHelstrup]

@andreeis Thanks for considering this option.

[shivampotdar]

+1 for this. I would like to check in settings.json to our repository and have a particular configuration always selected by default for seamless experience.

[Yingzi1234]

@shivampotdar We are glad that you provided a vote for this issue, we have received your suggestion and we will continue to wait for the vote to decide whether to implement this suggestion or not!

[LorandMarton]

Also +1 for this.

[softworkz]

How am I actually supposed to know about this? Where is it documented?

"makefile.configurations": [
  {
    "name": "defaultConfig",
    "makeArgs": ["-j12"],
    "problemMatchers": ["$gcc"],
  }
],

The makefile.configurations node was empty while trying to setup this extension - how is this supposed to be populated other than finding this repo and digging through issues?