

The C/C++ extension does not include a C++ compiler or debugger. VS Code is first and foremost an editor, and relies on command-line tools to do much of the development workflow. Pre-requisitesĬ++ is a compiled language meaning your program's source code must be translated (compiled) before it can be run on your computer. The C/C++ extension adds language support for C/C++ to Visual Studio Code, including editing (IntelliSense) and debugging features. Why? The installed clang-format tool is named clang-format-3.C/C++ for Visual Studio Code Repository | Issues | Documentation | Code Samples It will still prompt you that no clang-format found. If you choose to install clang-format-3.4, the VS Code extension can’t work instantly.

The package size of stand-alone is much smaller than the full LLVM. There are two ways to install clang-format on Ubuntu 14.04: the stand-alone clang-format-3.4 or Clang for x86 _64 Ubuntu 14.04. How to Install Clang-Format on Ubuntu 14.04 The shortcut Alter+Shift+F now works in Visual Studio Code for Windows. Install the package and add the path of %LLVM% \bin to your system environment. Please check your clang.formatTool user setting and ensure it is installed. If you do not have Clang-Format installed on your system, you will see the prompt: The 'clang-format' command is not available. If you want to use it on Windows, you need to use Alter+Shift+F. To format code, you can call Command Palette again with Ctrl+Shift+P, and then input “format”: The shortcut Ctrl+Shift+I is for Linux. When all extensions listed, search for “format”, and you will see the Clang-Format: After installing the extension, you need to restart VSCode. To install an extension, we can press Ctrl+Shift+P and type in “install extension”.

Let’s take a glimpse of how to make clang-format works with Visual Studio Code on Windows and Linux.

Recently I was writing C/C++ code on Ubuntu and found the extension Clang-Format for beautifying C/C++ code. We can find many useful extensions on Visual Studio Marketplace. Because VS Code does not have a built-in code formatter or beautifier by default, I was eager to see a more powerful VS Code with extensions. Since the day that Microsoft released Visual Studio Code, I had installed it on Windows instead of notepad++.
