title: How does one set up the Visual Studio Code compiler/debugger to GCC?
body: <p>I am programming in C in Visual Studio Code, but I can't compile, as VSC only offers three compilers built in - Node.js, C# Mono, and Extension development. After a little bit of digging I came across the <a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/vscode/Debuggers" rel="noreferrer">Visual Studio Marketplace</a>. This seemed like the right sort of thing, but only four uncommon languages were there. </p>
  
  <p>I can only assume that C debugging support is built in, I just can't find it or I am going the wrong way about doing it. I attempted to create a new launch.json (the manifest that seems to hold the compiling/debugging settings for each file) and manually entering the GCC binaries that I have, but that didn't end up working. I'm currently stuck manually compiling the C source file I am working on through command prompt.</p>
  
  <p>Would really help if someone could point me in the right direction on what to do.</p>
  
  <p><strong>tl;dr - Help from anyone debugging C in Visual Studio Code</strong></p>
  
  <p><em>Windows 8, if that matters</em></p>
  
  <p>Cheers!</p>