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<<TableOfContents>>

Stuff about Visual Studio Code and legacy Visual Studio.

== Visual Studio Code ==

 * [[https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/6zugur/sublime_text_3_is_out/dmy8n8d/|Observations about why Visual Studio Code seems so much faster]] [reddit]

=== Keyboard shortcuts ===

Keyboard shortcuts I can never remember.

==== Editing related ====

|| '''Shortcut''' || '''Action''' || '''Reference''' ||
|| Ctrl+Shift+L || Expand the focus of the current word, select all occurences in document, and change simultaneously || https://twitter.com/Tyriar/status/1012348877582712832 ||
|| Alt+Up, Alt+Down || Move a line up or down || https://twitter.com/miguelsolorio_/status/1067564999097311232 ||

Navigation-related:

|| '''Shortcut''' || '''Action''' || '''Reference''' ||
|| Ctrl+P || Open file || ||
|| Ctrl+T || Symbols in workspace || ||
|| Ctrl+Shift+O || Symbols in current file || https://twitter.com/Tyriar/status/1018953407787233280 ||
|| Ctrl+Shift+K || Create a bookmark ||<|2> https://twitter.com/sarah_edo/status/1022184804446482433 for [[https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=alefragnani.Bookmarks|Bookmarks extension]] ||
|| Ctrl+Shift+J || Jump between bookmarks ||

==== CLI shortcuts ====

From https://twitter.com/Tyriar/status/1013787785973547008:

 * `code .`: Open the current folder in a new window
 * `code -r .`: Open the current folder in the current window
 * `code -a .`: Add the current folder to the current window

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== Building Visual Studio projects on the command-line ==

Generate a CMake project, targeting Visual Studio 2015:

{{{
cd C:\Users\Public\Documents
mkdir build
cd build
cmake --config Release -G "Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64" `
      -D CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=M:\dependencies\ `
      N:\Documents\GitHub\Altus_Standalone
# Build using 4 CPUs
cmake --build . --config Release -- /m:4
}}}

For building a project generated by CMake, and using Visual Studio 2015:

{{{
& "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe" .\altus.sln /p:Configuration=Release /maxcpucount
}}}

== See what DLL dependencies an EXE depends upon ==

{{{
# Open Visual Studio Native Tools command prompt
dumpbin.exe /dependents whatever.exe
}}}

== Offline installation ==

See: https://www.techtronic.us/blog/post/technology/visual-studio-2012-update-2-offline-installer/

tl;dr: Run offline installer with "/Layout". For MSVC15 (Visual Studio 2016), it was changed to --layout, which must be given an absolute path.

== Version Naming ==

Visual Studio 2012 is "11"; Visual Studio 2013 is "12; Visual Studio 2015 is "14; Visual Studio 2017 is "15".

Boost uses msvc-11.0, msvc-14.0, etc.

== Etc ==

 * [[http://aras-p.info/blog/2017/10/23/Best-unknown-MSVC-flag-d2cgsummary/|Best unknown MSVC flag: d2cgsummary]]. Option highlights the functions that compile the slowest. Officially become documented in Visual Studio 2017: [[https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vcblog/2018/01/04/visual-studio-2017-throughput-improvements-and-advice/|Throughput improvements & advice]]

Stuff about Visual Studio Code and legacy Visual Studio.

Visual Studio Code

Keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts I can never remember.

Shortcut

Action

Reference

Ctrl+Shift+L

Expand the focus of the current word, select all occurences in document, and change simultaneously

https://twitter.com/Tyriar/status/1012348877582712832

Alt+Up, Alt+Down

Move a line up or down

https://twitter.com/miguelsolorio_/status/1067564999097311232

Navigation-related:

Shortcut

Action

Reference

Ctrl+P

Open file

Ctrl+T

Symbols in workspace

Ctrl+Shift+O

Symbols in current file

https://twitter.com/Tyriar/status/1018953407787233280

Ctrl+Shift+K

Create a bookmark

https://twitter.com/sarah_edo/status/1022184804446482433 for Bookmarks extension

Ctrl+Shift+J

Jump between bookmarks

CLI shortcuts

From https://twitter.com/Tyriar/status/1013787785973547008:

  • code .: Open the current folder in a new window

  • code -r .: Open the current folder in the current window

  • code -a .: Add the current folder to the current window

VS2015 minimal installation

Visual Studio 2015 Build Tools

Lightweight C++ Installation in Visual Studio “15”

Building Visual Studio projects on the command-line

Generate a CMake project, targeting Visual Studio 2015:

cd C:\Users\Public\Documents
mkdir build
cd build
cmake --config Release -G "Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64" `
      -D CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=M:\dependencies\ `
      N:\Documents\GitHub\Altus_Standalone
# Build using 4 CPUs
cmake --build . --config Release -- /m:4

For building a project generated by CMake, and using Visual Studio 2015:

& "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe" .\altus.sln /p:Configuration=Release /maxcpucount

See what DLL dependencies an EXE depends upon

# Open Visual Studio Native Tools command prompt
dumpbin.exe /dependents whatever.exe

Offline installation

See: https://www.techtronic.us/blog/post/technology/visual-studio-2012-update-2-offline-installer/

tl;dr: Run offline installer with "/Layout". For MSVC15 (Visual Studio 2016), it was changed to --layout, which must be given an absolute path.

Version Naming

Visual Studio 2012 is "11"; Visual Studio 2013 is "12; Visual Studio 2015 is "14; Visual Studio 2017 is "15".

Boost uses msvc-11.0, msvc-14.0, etc.

Etc

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