workspaceFolderBasename not resolved

[rhaschke]

The variable ${workspaceFolderBasename} officially listed here is not resolved in cmake.buildDirectory, but yields:
Invalid variable reference ${workspaceFolderBasename} in string.

If cmake.buildDirectory is empty, cmake configure fails as well (obviously).
It would be great if the user would be prompted for a buildDirectory in this case.

[bobbrow]

The variables you referenced are resolved by VS Code when you use them in tasks.json or launch.json. Extensions have to explicitly build support for them when they are used elsewhere.

cmake.buildDirectory defaults to ${workspaceFolder}/build when not set. Did you set it to an invalid location, or the empty string ""?

[rhaschke]

Indeed I tried to customize the build directory and thus changed the default value.
As I wanted to be asked for the build directory each time, I also tried the empty string in the user settings.

[Zingam]

The variables you referenced are resolved by VS Code when you use them in tasks.json or launch.json. Extensions have to explicitly build support for them when they are used elsewhere.

@bobbrow Do you have any tips how can this be implemented?

[bobbrow]

In cpptools we treat them as additional environment variables and pass them into the resolver as such. I haven't looked to see how CMake Tools does this yet.

[bobbrow]

This was fixed in 1.3.0