Odin debugging on windows with vscode. See: readme

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.

launch.json

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "type": "cppvsdbg",
            "request": "launch",
            "preLaunchTask": "Build",
            "name": "Debug",
            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/build/debug.exe",
            "args": [],
            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
        }
    ]
}

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"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Ive been trying to solve this issue for a while and havent had any luck. When running my code i get the following error, and was wondering if you had any knowledge in how to fix it. If I was to run 'odin run .' in the terminal however, my code will run, so im quite unsure of the discrepency here. Thanks in advance.

• Executing task in folder my-game-1: odin build . -debug -out:build/debug.exe

'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

For people on linux, cppvsdbg doesn't work, but lldb works fine (I used the more frequently installed extension for lldb, vadimcn.vscode-lldb; note that there's another more official one)

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "type": "lldb",
            "request": "launch",
            "preLaunchTask": "Build",
            "name": "Debug",
            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/build/game.bin",
            "args": [],
            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
        }
    ]
}

I use make so keeping it simple,

{
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "command": "",
    "args": [],
    "tasks": [
        {
            "label": "Build",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": "make build",
            "group": "build"
        }
    ]
}