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Windows: Set "intelliSenseMode" property in c_cpp_properties.json file to "gcc-arm"

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#3,745 opened on Nov 23, 2020

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Description

PlatformIO should set "intelliSenseMode" property in c_cpp_properties.json file to "gcc-arm".

Since PlatformIO uses gcc-arm, the Intellisense should use gcc-arm as well. During startup the IntelliSense mode is changed and following message is displayed:

[11/23/2020, 8:41:51 AM] For C++ source files, IntelliSenseMode was changed from “gcc-x64” to “gcc-arm” based on compiler args and probing compilerPath: “C:/Users/itsme/.platformio/packages/toolchain-gccarmnoneeabi/bin/arm-none-eabi-gcc.exe”

Changing the c_cpp_properties.json manually to "gcc-arm" also work temporary as it is auto generated and platformio overwrites and set it back to "gcc-x64".

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Identify where PlatformIO auto generates the c cpp properties.json file and modify the code to set 'intelliSenseMode' to 'gcc arm' when an ARM toolchain is detected. This likely involves editing a Python script that creates the VS Code configuration.
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ccpppython
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