I created a set of tasks with which I want to compile a program written in MAD Pascal (FreePascal compiler for 6502 processor).
Generally everything works, however I have a problem with the "Problem matcher" handling. I do not know why, it does not want to detect errors?
I admit, that I use tasks in VSC for the first time. I have looked through many different tutorials, however everything seems to be OK.
My "Problem Matcher" configuration
"problemMatcher": {
"source": "Pascal compiler",
"fileLocation": ["relative", "${workspaceFolder}"],
"pattern": [
{
"regexp": "/^(.+)\\s\\((\\d+),(\\d+)\\):\\s(\\w+):(.+)$",
"file": 1,
"line": 2,
"column": 3,
"severity": 4,
"message": 5
}
]
}
I tested the regular expression for correctness (regex101) and it correctly matches the content from the console. Example of console content:
Mad Pascal Compiler version 1.6.6 [2021/06/08] for 6502
Compiling kret.pas
kret.pas (19,5) Error: Syntax error, ';' expected but 'identifier' found
What am I doing wrong? Where is the error in the configuration?
I will be mega grateful - I so much want to see compilation errors in the "Problems" window :)
I have created a .bat file to mock your Mad Pascal Compiler output as follows:
Content of "compiler_output.bat":
@echo off
echo Mad Pascal Compiler version 1.6.6 [2021/06/08] for 6502
echo Compiling kret.pas
echo kret.pas (19,5) Error: Syntax error, ';' expected but 'identifier' found
I have created following tasks.json file in .vscode folder:
{
"version": "2.0.0",
"tasks": [
{
"label": "Mockup compile by Pascal compiler",
"type": "shell",
"command": "${workspaceFolder}/compiler_output.bat",
"args": [],
"presentation": {
"echo": true,
"reveal": "always",
"focus": false,
"panel": "shared",
"showReuseMessage": false,
"clear": true
},
"problemMatcher": {
"owner": "pascal",
"fileLocation": [
"relative",
"${workspaceFolder}"
],
"pattern": {
"regexp": "^(.+)\\s\\((\\d+|\\d+,\\d+|\\d+,\\d+,\\d+,\\d+)\\)\\s(\\w+):(.+)$",
"file": 1,
"location": 2,
"severity": 3,
"message": 4
}
},
"group": {
"kind": "build",
"isDefault": true
}
}
]
}
My folder tree looks as follows: