getting vscode to do c++ stuff, using ms-vscode.cpptools-0.17.7

launch.json

{
    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
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    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "(lldb) Launch",
            "type": "cppdbg",
            "request": "launch",
          
            // this is the executable that my build_macosx.sh spits out
            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/build/gmake.macosx/bin/Debug/mikescript",

            "args": [],
            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
            "environment": [],
            "MIMode": "lldb"
        }
    ]
}

tasks.json

{
    // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
    // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "tasks": [
        {
            "label": "build_macosx",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": "${workspaceFolder}/scripts/build_macosx.sh",
            "group": {
                "kind": "build",
                "isDefault": true
            }
        }
    ]
}