VSCode extension and IntelliSense

[lonix1]

I posted a bug report and repro here but then discovered this org-level discussion, so I'm unsure if I put it in the right place.

Is the latest cake-vscode extension compatible with the latest omnisharp-vscode extension (which no longer relies on mono) on linux? I suspect it is not compatible as I've tried everything (see above link) without success.

[lonix1]

I think this is a bug

As mentioned in that issue linked above, I'm using linux and the latest vscode. So it uses the "modern" omnisharp config, without mono.

I wanted to see whether it works with the mono build:

• I added an omnisharp.json file which contains: { "SDK": { "Version": "5.0.408" } }
• I added to the .vscode/settings.json file: "omnisharp.useModernNet": false,
• I restarted vscode

...and IntelliSense worked. Obviously I don't want to use the old O#/mono, but it shows there is a compatibility problem.

With the old mono o#, the log now has this:

[info]: OmniSharp.Cake.CakeProjectSystem
        Detecting Cake files in '/home/foo/project'.
[info]: OmniSharp.Cake.CakeProjectSystem
        Found 1 Cake files.

Is this a bug in the vscode-cake extension?

[denisz1]

This problem I have also.

Is someone can confirm VSCode extension work on Linux and .NET 6???

If not compatible, it is sad but OK. 😄 But I spend so much time trying to fix this - I like to know if to continue, or give up?!

Please please advise me? 🙏

[nils-a]

Due to some constraints, OmniSharp (the basis for the VSCode C# extension, which also includes support for Cake) currently does not ship the support for Cake in the net6 versions.

So you have two options here:

• set "omnisharp.useModernNet": false in the vscode settings. This will not use the net6 version of OmniSharp and fall back the mono/.NET Framework versions.

• set "omnisharp.path": "latest" in the vscode settings. This will always use the latest beta version of OmniSharp (at the time of writing, this is 1.39.2-beta.4). OmniSharp does (will?) ship support for Cake in the net6 versions starting with 1.39.1 (which is currently available for download, but not used in the c# extension for vs code.)

[bjorkstromm]

Starting of 1.39.2 OmniSharp .NET6 builds will include Cake bits. Until that is released and a new C# extension is released, I'd recommend the following settings in VS Code:

"omnisharp.useModernNet": true // <-- This will use .NET 6 builds
"omnisharp.path": "latest" // <-- This will install lates CI builds of OmniSharp

You can also use 1.39.2-beta.39 instead of latest as this is the latest working in time of writing.

[lonix1]

Thanks. Just keep in mind that latest means it will download every new release, even prerelease.

Side note: that was a problem before, but omnisharp hasn't been updated in a long time now, and I'm worried it's basically dead. I wonder what'll happen once .net7 is released next month.