VS Code Extension For LLVM Dev

Features

• LLVM IR files (.ll) syntax highlighting. (manually translated from llvm/utils/vim/syntax/llvm.vim)
• TableGen files (.td) syntax highlighting. (translated from llvm/utils/textmate)
• PatternMatchers for LIT test output. ($llvm-lit, $llvm-filecheck)
• Tasks to run LIT on current selected file. (Terminal -> Run Task -> llvm-lit)

Installation

sudo apt-get install nodejs-dev node-gyp npm
sudo npm install -g typescript npx vsce

Install From Source

cd <extensions-installation-folder>
cp -r llvm/utils/vscode/llvm .
cd llvm
npm install
npm run vscode:prepublish

<extensions-installation-folder> is OS dependent.

Please refer to https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/extension-gallery#_where-are-extensions-installed

Install From Package (.vsix)

First package the extension according to https://code.visualstudio.com/api/working-with-extensions/publishing-extension#usage.

Then install the package according to https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/extension-gallery#_install-from-a-vsix.

Setup

Set cmake.buildDirectory to your build directory.

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/settings

https://vector-of-bool.github.io/docs/vscode-cmake-tools/settings.html#cmake-builddirectory