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Fix compiler switches: use /EXE on Windows, --executable elsewhere #3

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Fix compiler switches: use /EXE on Windows, --executable elsewhere
github-actions[bot] Sep 30, 2026
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Use -o rather than the undocumented --executable on Linux/macOS
agorangetek Sep 30, 2026
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Merge pull request #4 from agorangetek/fix-c-backend-output-switch
DNSGeek Oct 1, 2026
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30 changes: 28 additions & 2 deletions src/compilerService.ts
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Expand Up @@ -32,8 +32,13 @@ export class CompilerService {

const extraArgs = cfg.get<string[]>('compilerArgs', []);
const outputFile = this.getOutputPath(filePath);
const args: string[] = [filePath, '--exe', outputFile, ...extraArgs];
if (run) { args.push('--run'); }
// The Windows compilers (pbcompiler.exe / pbcompilerc.exe) use "/EXE",
// while Linux/macOS take "-o" (documented as "--output"). "--executable" is
// an undocumented alias that happens to work on 6.41, so it is not used
// here. Neither has a "run" switch, so the executable is launched
// separately after a successful compile.
const exeSwitch = process.platform === 'win32' ? '/EXE' : '-o';
const args: string[] = [filePath, exeSwitch, outputFile, ...extraArgs];

this.outputChannel.clear();
this.outputChannel.show(true);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -91,6 +96,7 @@ export class CompilerService {
if (code === 0) {
this.outputChannel.appendLine(`\n✅ Compilation successful → ${outputFile}`);
vscode.window.setStatusBarMessage('PureBasic: Compiled successfully ✅', 5000);
if (run) { this.runExecutable(outputFile); }
} else {
this.outputChannel.appendLine(`\n❌ Compilation failed (exit code ${code})`);
vscode.window.setStatusBarMessage('PureBasic: Compilation failed ❌', 5000);
Expand All @@ -108,6 +114,24 @@ export class CompilerService {
);
}

private runExecutable(exePath: string): void {
this.outputChannel.appendLine(`\n▶ Running: ${path.basename(exePath)}\n`);

const proc = cp.spawn(exePath, [], { cwd: path.dirname(exePath) });

proc.stdout?.on('data', (data: Buffer) => this.outputChannel.append(data.toString()));
proc.stderr?.on('data', (data: Buffer) => this.outputChannel.append(data.toString()));

proc.on('close', (code) => {
this.outputChannel.appendLine(`\n■ Program exited (exit code ${code})`);
});

proc.on('error', (err) => {
this.outputChannel.appendLine(`\n❌ Failed to run program: ${err.message}`);
vscode.window.showErrorMessage(`PureBasic: failed to run program: ${err.message}`);
});
}

private parseCompilerOutput(
text: string,
diags: Map<string, vscode.Diagnostic[]>,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -171,6 +195,8 @@ export class CompilerService {
candidates.push(
'C:\\Program Files\\PureBasic\\Compilers\\pbcompiler.exe',
'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\PureBasic\\Compilers\\pbcompiler.exe',
'C:\\Program Files\\PureBasic\\Compilers\\pbcompilerc.exe',
'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\PureBasic\\Compilers\\pbcompilerc.exe',
);
} else if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
candidates.push(
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