9. Frequently Asked Questions

This chapter answers some of the frequently asked questions (FAQs) about CCS Theia.

• 9.1. General
  • 9.1.1. Is Code Composer Studio™ based on VS Code?
  • 9.1.2. What are the differences between the Theia IDE and VS Code?
  • 9.1.3. What happened to Code Composer Studio Theia and how is it different from Code Composer Studio 20.x?
  • 9.1.4. Is my device supported by the new Theia IDE based Code Composer Studio?
  • 9.1.5. Which operating systems are supported by Code Composer Studio?
  • 9.1.6. Why do I need to avoid non-alphanumeric (unicode) characters in my paths?
  • 9.1.7. What is the best way to look up a bug?
  • 9.1.8. Where can I get more information on Code Composer Studio?
• 9.2. Installation
  • 9.2.1. Can I install multiple versions of Code Composer Studio on my computer?
• 9.3. Licensing
  • 9.3.1. What is the licensing policy for Code Composer Studio?
• 9.4. Updates
  • 9.4.1. How do I get updates to Code Composer Studio?
• 9.5. General IDE
  • 9.5.1. How do I use the themes I installed as an extension?
  • 9.5.2. I want to restart Code Composer Studio with a fresh environment. How do I do this?
• 9.6. Projects
  • 9.6.1. How do I create a new project from scratch?
  • 9.6.2. During project build, a ccsLinker.opt file sometimes gets passed to the linker instead of the list of object files. What is this file and when is it used?
  • 9.6.3. How can I resolve build error #10234-D: unresolved symbols remain?
  • 9.6.4. The Eclipse WORKSPACE_LOC variable is not pointing to my workspace. How do I resolve this?
• 9.7. Debug
  • 9.7.1. Why are my breakpoints greyed out even though they are enabled?
  • 9.7.2. Why can't I source step?
  • 9.7.3. How do I access the debugger/flash properties when in a debug session?
  • 9.7.4. Which scripting solution (legacy or new) should I use?
  • 9.7.5. I get Data Verification errors when loading my program. What does it mean?
  • 9.7.6. Why isn't printf working when running code in Code Composer Studio?
  • 9.7.7. Why does the debugger switch to the other CPU after I load a program?