VS Code: Replace characters in built-in variable launch.json - visual-studio-code

Question

I am trying to create a launch.json file where I want to call gdb. Only, when I call it, it seems that I have to use 4 backslashes in filepaths in order to get it working. So I am now using hardcoded paths, but I would like to use paths coming from cmake-tools.
{
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"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"name": "(gdb) Launch",
"type": "cppdbg",
"request": "launch",
"program": "gdb",
"args": [],
"externalConsole": true,
"stopAtEntry": true,
"windows": {
"MIMode": "gdb",
"cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
"miDebuggerPath": "${env:QNX_HOST}\\usr\\bin\\ntox86_64-gdb.exe",
"miDebuggerServerAddress": "192.168.88.128:1234",
"launchCompleteCommand": "exec-run",
"customLaunchSetupCommands": [
{
"text": "-environment-cd ${workspaceRoot}"
},
{
"description": "Connecting to QNX pdebug",
"text": "target qnx 192.168.88.128:1234",
"ignoreFailures": false
},
{
"description": "Loading symbol table",
"text": "file ${command:cmake.launchTargetPath}", // this line is returning single backslashes and I want to replace them with four backslashes
"ignoreFailures": false
},
{
"description": "Uploading",
"text": "upload THIS\\\\FOLDER\\\\STRUCTURE\\\\IS\\\\WORKING /SOMEWHERE/ON/QNX",
"ignoreFailures": false
}
]
},
"logging": {
"engineLogging": true,
"trace": true,
"traceResponse": true
},
"targetArchitecture": "x86_64"
}
]
}

Answer 1

I have changed a couple of things to this script in order to get it working.
It seems that forward slashes are using as well. So you can just do "text": "upload THIS/FOLDER/STRUCTURE/IS/WORKING /SOMEWHERE/ON/QNX
${workspaceRoot} still wasn't working, but I used VS Code Power Tools to make some custom commands that can be added to your build script and you can simply call them via ${command:myCustomCommand}. Inside of those commands, you can also call other commands, like cmake.launchTargetPath and change it to forward slashes with simple javascript regex.