VisualStudio Tricks

VisualStudio Tricks

Here is an incomplete stack of tricks to help you work with Chromium in Visual Studio.

Column Limit

You can setup a guide at 80 column for the source file view.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00



[HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/VisualStudio/8.0/Text Editor]

"Guides"="RGB(128,0,0) 80"

You can also try "RGB(192,192,192) 80".

cpplint.py integration

cpplint.py integration makes it easy to check that a source file conforms to the style guide. To do this, just go to Tools > External Tools > Add. Specify:

• Title: cpplint.py
• Command: C:/depot_tools/python_bin/python.exe
• Arguments: C:/depot_tools/cpplint.py --output=vs7 $(ItemPath)
• Initial directory: $(ItemDir)
• Check Use Output window

To create a keyboard shortcut:

1. Go to Tools > Options > Environment > Keyboard.
2. Select Tools.ExternalCommand1. (This assumes cpplint.py is your first external command in your Tools menu.)
3. Press a shortcut key (let's say Alt+L) and Assign it.
4. Press OK.

Text Editor (No tabs, indentation, line numbers)

The style guide requires no tabs and 2 char indentation. To set this, go to Tools > Options. On the Text Editor/All languages/Tabs page, set

• Indenting radio to Smart
• Tab size and Indent Size to 2
• Check Insert spaces

On the Text Editor/All languages/General page, set

• Check Line numbers

Debugging visualization, macros, more

See also:

• http://dev.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/how-to-set-up-visual-studio-debugger-visualizers
• http://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/WindowsVisualStudioMacros