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| 1 | +For developers using MinGW on Windows, we recommend you start with the following**c_cpp_properties.json** template. Select "C/Cpp: Edit Configurations" from the command palette to create this file if you haven't already. |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +``` |
| 4 | +{ |
| 5 | + "configurations": [ |
| 6 | + { |
| 7 | + "name": "Win32", |
| 8 | + "intelliSenseMode": "clang-x64", |
| 9 | + "includePath": [ |
| 10 | + "${workspaceRoot}", |
| 11 | + "C:/MinGW/lib/gcc/mingw32/5.3.0/include/c++", |
| 12 | + "C:/MinGW/lib/gcc/mingw32/5.3.0/include/c++/mingw32", |
| 13 | + "C:/MinGW/lib/gcc/mingw32/5.3.0/include/c++/backward", |
| 14 | + "C:/MinGW/lib/gcc/mingw32/5.3.0/include", |
| 15 | + "C:/MinGW/include", |
| 16 | + "C:/MinGW/lib/gcc/mingw32/5.3.0/include-fixed" |
| 17 | + ], |
| 18 | + "defines": [ |
| 19 | + "_DEBUG", |
| 20 | + "UNICODE" |
| 21 | + ], |
| 22 | + "browse": { |
| 23 | + "path": [ |
| 24 | + "C:/MinGW/lib/gcc/mingw32/5.3.0/include", |
| 25 | + "C:/MinGW/lib/gcc/mingw32/5.3.0/include-fixed", |
| 26 | + "C:/MinGW/include/*" |
| 27 | + ], |
| 28 | + "limitSymbolsToIncludedHeaders": true, |
| 29 | + "databaseFilename": "" |
| 30 | + } |
| 31 | + } |
| 32 | + ] |
| 33 | +} |
| 34 | +``` |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +The`includePath` above includes the system header paths that gcc uses in version 5.3.0 for C++ projects and matches the output of`gcc -v -E -x c++ -`. The`intelliSenseMode` should be set to**"clang-x64"** to get MinGW projects to work properly with IntelliSense. |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +For C projects, simply remove the c++ lines: |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +``` |
| 41 | +{ |
| 42 | + "configurations": [ |
| 43 | + { |
| 44 | + "name": "Win32", |
| 45 | + "intelliSenseMode": "clang-x64", |
| 46 | + "includePath": [ |
| 47 | + "${workspaceRoot}", |
| 48 | + "C:/MinGW/lib/gcc/mingw32/5.3.0/include", |
| 49 | + "C:/MinGW/include", |
| 50 | + "C:/MinGW/lib/gcc/mingw32/5.3.0/include-fixed" |
| 51 | + ], |
| 52 | + "defines": [ |
| 53 | + "_DEBUG", |
| 54 | + "UNICODE" |
| 55 | + ], |
| 56 | + "browse": { |
| 57 | + "path": [ |
| 58 | + "C:/MinGW/lib/gcc/mingw32/5.3.0/include", |
| 59 | + "C:/MinGW/lib/gcc/mingw32/5.3.0/include-fixed", |
| 60 | + "C:/MinGW/include/*" |
| 61 | + ], |
| 62 | + "limitSymbolsToIncludedHeaders": true, |
| 63 | + "databaseFilename": "" |
| 64 | + } |
| 65 | + } |
| 66 | + ] |
| 67 | +} |
| 68 | +``` |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +With these configurations, you should be all set up to use the new IntelliSense engine for linting, memberlist autocomplete, and quick info (tooltips). Add`"C_Cpp.intelliSenseEngine": "Default"` to your**settings.json** file to try out the new IntelliSense engine. |