10. Frequently Asked Questions

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

• 10.1. General
  • 10.1.1. Is Code Composer Studio™ based on VS Code?
  • 10.1.2. What are the differences between the Theia IDE and VS Code?
  • 10.1.3. What happened to Code Composer Studio Theia and how is it different from Code Composer Studio 20.x?
  • 10.1.4. Does Code Composer Studio come with an AI Code Assistant?
  • 10.1.5. Is my device supported by the new Theia IDE based Code Composer Studio?
  • 10.1.6. Which operating systems are supported by Code Composer Studio?
  • 10.1.7. Why do I need to avoid non-alphanumeric (unicode) characters in my paths?
  • 10.1.8. Are non-alphanumeric (unicode) characters supported?
  • 10.1.9. What kind of safety certification does Code Composer Studio have?
  • 10.1.10. What is the best way to look up a bug?
  • 10.1.11. Where can I get more information on Code Composer Studio?
• 10.2. Installation
  • 10.2.1. Can I install multiple versions of Code Composer Studio on my computer?
• 10.3. Licensing
  • 10.3.1. What is the licensing policy for Code Composer Studio?
• 10.4. Updates
  • 10.4.1. How do I get updates to Code Composer Studio?
• 10.5. AI Coding Assistants
  • 10.5.1. Do I need to have an existing subscription or API key to use an AI coding assistant with Code Composer Studio?
  • 10.5.2. Do I need have git installed to use Claude Code?
  • 10.5.3. Claude Code chat is not finding my existing configuration. How can I resolve this?
  • 10.5.4. Claude Code chat is slow on initial startup. How can I speed it up?
  • 10.5.5. Claude Code chat is returning various 400/403 errors. How can I resolve this?
• 10.6. General IDE
  • 10.6.1. Can I use any VS Code extension?
  • 10.6.2. What is this "ENOTFOUND" error when trying to browse for extensions?
  • 10.6.3. How do I use the themes I installed as an extension?
  • 10.6.4. I want to restart Code Composer Studio with a fresh environment. How do I do this?
• 10.7. Projects
  • 10.7.1. How do I create a new project from scratch?
  • 10.7.2. I get a No example projects found. Please change your filter. message when looking for examples for my selected device. Does that mean that my device is not supported by Code Composer Studio?
  • 10.7.3. 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?
  • 10.7.4. How can I resolve build error #10234-D: unresolved symbols remain?
  • 10.7.5. The Eclipse WORKSPACE_LOC variable is not pointing to my workspace folder. How do I resolve this?
• 10.8. Debug
  • 10.8.1. Why are my breakpoints greyed out even though they are enabled?
  • 10.8.2. Why can't I source step?
  • 10.8.3. How do I access the debugger/flash properties when in a debug session?
  • 10.8.4. Which scripting solution (legacy or new) should I use?
  • 10.8.5. I get Data Verification errors when loading my program. What does it mean?
  • 10.8.6. Why isn't printf working when running code in Code Composer Studio?
  • 10.8.7. Do I have to use an XDS110 debug probe to debug a secure device?
  • 10.8.8. Is Pin Trace Supported?