Better build tasks config for VS Code
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The tasks.json file recommended on the Parallax site works well, except one thing: each time you compile or download code, it opens a new terminal. It's not a big deal, but I just do not like that. So I made changes that make VS Code reuse same terminal panel, and the workspace looks a bit cleaner.
The list of changes:
"presentation"
sections:- changed
"panel": "new"
to"panel": "dedicated"
. This makes the task reuse its own terminal panel - changed
"focus": true
to"focus": false
. This way the editor does not lose focus when running a task - added
"showReuseMessage":false
. This removes the message from the terminal that is added when terminal is reused - added
"clear": true
. This clears the terminal output before running a task
- changed
changed task labels. I feel "Propeller: Compile Current File" looks better than "compileP2"
I also had to modify the custom key bindings file to use the new task labels.
I hope this can be useful
{ "version": "2.0.0", "tasks": [ { "label": "Propeller: Compile Current File", "type": "shell", "osx": { "command": "flexspin.mac", }, "windows": { "command": "flexspin.exe", }, "linux": { "command": "flexspin", }, "args": [ "-2", "-Wabs-paths", "-Wmax-errors=99", "${fileBasename}" ], "problemMatcher": { "owner": "Spin2", "fileLocation": ["autoDetect", "${workspaceFolder}/src"], "pattern": { "regexp": "^(.*):(\\d+):\\s+(warning|error):\\s+(.*)$", "file": 1, "line": 2, "severity": 3, "message": 4 } }, "presentation": { "panel": "dedicated", "focus": false, "showReuseMessage":false, "clear": true }, "group": { "kind": "build", "isDefault": true } }, { "label": "Propeller: Compile Top File", "type": "shell", "osx": { "command": "flexspin.mac", }, "windows": { "command": "flexspin.exe", }, "linux": { "command": "flexspin", }, "args": [ "-2", "-Wabs-paths", "-Wmax-errors=99", "${config:topLevel}.spin2" ], "problemMatcher": { "owner": "Spin2", "fileLocation": ["autoDetect", "${workspaceFolder}"], "pattern": { "regexp": "^(.*):(\\d+):\\s+(warning|error):\\s+(.*)$", "file": 1, "line": 2, "severity": 3, "message": 4 } }, "presentation": { "panel": "dedicated", "focus": false, "showReuseMessage":false, "clear": true }, }, { "label": "Propeller: Download Code", "type": "shell", "args": [ "-b230400", "${config:topLevel}.binary", "-t" ], "osx": { "command": "loadp2.mac", }, "windows": { "command": "loadp2.exe", }, "linux": { "command": "loadp2", "args": [ "-b230400", "${config:topLevel}.binary", "-t", "-p/dev/ttyUSB0" ], }, "problemMatcher": [], "presentation": { "panel": "dedicated", "focus": false, "showReuseMessage":false, "clear": true }, "dependsOn": [ "Propeller: Compile Top File" ] } ] }
Comments
Hadden notice that. It always reuses the terminal window for me. I often have to kill it because my serial connection to the P2 is not broken.
Compiles always reuse the same terminal for me.
Mike
@"Andrey Demenev" Hmmm... thanks for figuring this out and posting. I'll test and then adjust my documentation and examples at my site.
-Stephen
@"Stephen Moraco"
Maybe that depends on VS Code version? @iseries says it worked differently