Enhanced colorization and intellisense not working on Linux #4569
Description
Type: LanguageService
Describe the bug
- OS and Version: Clear Linux 31520
- VS Code Version: code-insiders-1.40.0-1573062522, tried also VS Code stable 1.39
- C/C++ Extension Version: 0.26.1, tried also 0.26 and 0.25
- Other extensions you installed (and if the issue persists after disabling them): Customize UI, Java Extension Pack, Italian language pack, markdown lint, Material Icon Theme, Material Theme, shell-format, Visual Studio IntelliCode. It does persist even on a clean installation of stable VS Code, with just cpptools.
- A clear and concise description of what the bug is. Enhanced colorization doesen't work. With the exact same extensions, on Windows I get colored types, darkened not-defined code regions, etc. Also function hidden by a "#ifdef" condition, when exposed don't appear in the suggestion snippet, and when writing them down "by hand" their prototype is shown as "int foo(void)". I tried the vscode-ccls extension and it does work, so it's definetly an extension problem.
To Reproduce
- Go to a C/C++ source/header file
- Scroll down to any piece of code
- See error
Additional context
VS Code was installed via RPM. When launched the first time it used a weird monospaced font throughout the UI, so I had to install the Customize UI extension. Another problem I had was with the formatter, which I had to manually redirect to the correct clang-format binary in my /usr/bin directory. So this is probably the same problem: the extension ships with some integrated language server binary that for some reason doesen't work... I don't know if this is Clear Linux or VS Code's fault...