{"id":32202,"date":"2023-05-15T19:12:59","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T19:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cppblog\/?p=32202"},"modified":"2023-05-15T19:12:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T19:12:59","slug":"whats-new-for-makefile-tools-in-vs-code-version-0-7-0-variable-expansion-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cppblog\/whats-new-for-makefile-tools-in-vs-code-version-0-7-0-variable-expansion-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s New for Makefile Tools in VS Code Version 0.7.0 \u2013 Variable Expansion and more\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Makefile Tools team in VS Code has shipped <\/span>the latest 0.7.0 version of the extension<\/span><\/a>. In this version, we have enabled variable expansion for your Makefile projects in settings, so you no longer need to write plain paths for your Makefiles in the settings.json for the extension and can instead utilize variables that the Makefile extension can detect and replace values for. This allows for easier sharing of settings.json and improved consistency. Also, this allows for parameterization, so that you can define one setting and don\u2019t need to constantly change its value if you toggle between different configurations and\/or build targets.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We have also improved the user experience for when Makefile, Make and build.log are not found and added new support for C++23. The details of all that is new with this release can be found here in <\/span>this change log<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Variable Expansion<\/h2>\n

The macros that are now supported to work from any setting entry-point are:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n