Add Setting to Enable Markdown Comment Formatting (#11177)

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Author: browntarik

Extension/package.json

@@ -456,6 +456,22 @@
             ],
             "scope": "resource"
           },
+          "C_Cpp.markdownInComments": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": [
+              "subsetEnabled",
+              "enabled",
+              "disabled"
+            ],
+            "enumDescriptions": [
+              "%c_cpp.configuration.markdownInComments.subsetEnabled.description%",
+              "%c_cpp.configuration.markdownInComments.enabled.description%",
+              "%c_cpp.configuration.markdownInComments.disabled.description%"
+            ],
+            "default": "subsetEnabled",
+            "description": "%c_cpp.configuration.markdownInComments.description%",
+            "scope": "resource"
+          },
           "C_Cpp.hover": {
             "type": "string",
             "enum": [

Extension/package.nls.json

@@ -242,6 +242,10 @@
     "c_cpp.configuration.caseSensitiveFileSupport.markdownDescription": { "message": "If set to `default`, the file system of the workspace is assumed to be case insensitive on Windows and case sensitive on macOS or Linux. If set to `enabled`, the file system of the workspace is assumed to be case sensitive on Windows.", "comment": [ "Markdown text between `` should not be translated or localized (they represent literal text) and the capitalization, spacing, and punctuation (including the ``) should not be altered." ] },
     "c_cpp.configuration.enhancedColorization.markdownDescription": { "message": "If enabled, code is colorized based on IntelliSense. This setting only applies if `#C_Cpp.intelliSenseEngine#` is set to `default`.", "comment": [ "Markdown text between `` should not be translated or localized (they represent literal text) and the capitalization, spacing, and punctuation (including the ``) should not be altered." ] },
     "c_cpp.configuration.codeFolding.description": "If enabled, code folding ranges are provided by the language server.",
+    "c_cpp.configuration.markdownInComments.description": "Select whether markdown will be available in the hover tooltip. By default, only a subset of markdown will be applied to comments in the hover tooltip.",
+    "c_cpp.configuration.markdownInComments.subsetEnabled.description": "Enable all markdown features in the hover tooltip except those that include the '_' and '*' characters.",
+    "c_cpp.configuration.markdownInComments.enabled.description": "Enable all markdown features in the hover tooltip.",
+    "c_cpp.configuration.markdownInComments.disabled.description": "Disable all markdown features in the hover tooltip.",
     "c_cpp.configuration.hover.description": "If disabled, hover details are no longer provided by the language server.",
     "c_cpp.configuration.vcpkg.enabled.markdownDescription": { "message": "Enable integration services for the [vcpkg dependency manager](https://aka.ms/vcpkg/).", "comment": [ "Markdown text between () should not be altered: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown" ] },
     "c_cpp.configuration.addNodeAddonIncludePaths.markdownDescription": { "message": "Add include paths from `nan` and `node-addon-api` when they are dependencies.", "comment": [ "Markdown text between `` should not be translated or localized (they represent literal text) and the capitalization, spacing, and punctuation (including the ``) should not be altered." ] },

Extension/src/LanguageServer/client.ts

@@ -1440,6 +1440,7 @@ export class DefaultClient implements Client {
             clangTidyFixNotes: settings.clangTidyFixNotes,
             clangTidyChecksEnabled: settings.clangTidyChecksEnabled,
             clangTidyChecksDisabled: settings.clangTidyChecksDisabled,
+            markdownInComments: settings.markdownInComments,
             hover: settings.hover,
             vcFormatIndentBraces: settings.vcFormatIndentBraces,
             vcFormatIndentMultiLineRelativeTo: settings.vcFormatIndentMultiLineRelativeTo,

Extension/src/LanguageServer/settings.ts

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import * as nls from 'vscode-nls';
 import * as which from 'which';
 import { getCachedClangFormatPath, getCachedClangTidyPath, getExtensionFilePath, setCachedClangFormatPath, setCachedClangTidyPath } from '../common';
 import { isWindows } from '../constants';
-import { cachedEditorConfigLookups, cachedEditorConfigSettings, DefaultClient, hasTrustedCompilerPaths } from './client';
+import { DefaultClient, cachedEditorConfigLookups, cachedEditorConfigSettings, hasTrustedCompilerPaths } from './client';
 import { clients } from './extension';
 import { CommentPattern } from './languageConfig';
 import { PersistentState } from './persistentState';
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ export interface WorkspaceFolderSettingsParams {
     clangTidyChecksEnabled: string[] | undefined;
     clangTidyChecksDisabled: string[] | undefined;
     hover: string | undefined;
+    markdownInComments: string | undefined;
     vcFormatIndentBraces: boolean | undefined;
     vcFormatIndentMultiLineRelativeTo: string | undefined;
     vcFormatIndentWithinParentheses: string | undefined;
@@ -423,6 +424,7 @@ export class CppSettings extends Settings {
     public get caseSensitiveFileSupport(): boolean { return !isWindows || super.Section.get<string>("caseSensitiveFileSupport") === "enabled"; }
     public get doxygenSectionTags(): string[] | undefined { return super.Section.get<string[]>("doxygen.sectionTags"); }
     public get hover(): string | undefined { return super.Section.get<string>("hover"); }
+    public get markdownInComments(): string | undefined { return super.Section.get<string>("markdownInComments"); }
     public get legacyCompilerArgsBehavior(): boolean | undefined { return super.Section.get<boolean>("legacyCompilerArgsBehavior"); }
 
     public get inlayHintsAutoDeclarationTypes(): boolean {