Setting up VSCode for C/C++ debugging on Window 7 with gcc, g++ and gdb

Question

I was following instructions from here. Installed cpptools. Created tasks.json with following contents:

{
    \"version\": \"0.1.0\",
    \"comm         


        

Answer 1

I have faced this issue before. In my case, the compiler generated a release application as default. It has no symbols for debugging.

So, please make sure that you are generated a debug app for debugging.

good luck!

Answer 2

If you want command.PickProcess to work..

It should be a ':' not a '.' - therefore:

{
    "name": ".NET Core Attach",
    "type": "coreclr",
    "request": "attach",
    "processId": "${command:pickProcess}"
}

Should sort you out :)

Answer 3

I believe you are trying to use the VS Code debugger (cppvsdbg) instead of gdb (cppdbg.) This modified launch.json works for me with TDM-GCC and gdb as the debugger:

{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
    {
        "name": "C++ Launch",
        "type": "cppdbg",
        "request": "launch",
        "args": [],
        "stopAtEntry": false,
        "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
        "environment": [],
        "externalConsole": true,

        "linux": {
            "program": "${workspaceRoot}/a.out",
            "MIMode": "gdb",
            "setupCommands": [
                {
                    "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
                    "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
                    "ignoreFailures": true
                }
            ]
        },
        "osx": {
            "MIMode": "lldb"
        },
        "windows": {
            "miDebuggerPath": "C:\\TDM-GCC-64\\bin\\gdb.exe",
            "program": "${workspaceRoot}\\a.exe",
            "MIMode": "gdb",
            "setupCommands": [
                {
                    "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
                    "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
                    "ignoreFailures": true
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    {
        "name": "C++ Attach",
        "miDebuggerPath": "C:\\TDM-GCC-64\\bin\\gdb.exe",
        "type": "cppdbg",
        "request": "attach",
        "program": "${workspaceRoot}/a.exe",
        "processId": "${command:pickProcess}",
        "linux": {
            "MIMode": "gdb",
            "program": "${workspaceRoot}/a.out",
            "setupCommands": [
                {
                    "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
                    "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
                    "ignoreFailures": true
                }
            ]
        },
        "osx": {
            "MIMode": "lldb"
        },
        "windows": {
            "MIMode": "gdb",
            "miDebuggerPath": "C:\\TDM-GCC-64\\bin\\gdb.exe",
            "setupCommands": [
                {
                    "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
                    "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
                    "ignoreFailures": true
                }
            ]
        }
    }
    ]
}