The instructions in the /lib/readme.txt are invalid

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PlatformIO will find your libraries automatically, configure preprocessor’s include paths and build them. Not so much:

Compiling .pioenvs\megaatmega2560\src\src\feature\filwidth.cpp.o
Marlin\src\feature\digipot\digipot_mcp4018.cpp:30:78: fatal error: SlowSoftI2CMaster.h: No such file or directory

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compilation terminated.
Compiling .pioenvs\megaatmega2560\src\src\feature\fwretract.cpp.o
*** [.pioenvs\megaatmega2560\src\src\feature\digipot\digipot_mcp4018.cpp.o] Error 1

Tree of my directory

──Marlin
│ Configuration.h
│ Configuration_adv.h
│ Makefile
│ Marlin.ino
│
├───lib
│ │ readme.txt
│ │
│ ├───SailfishLCD
│ │ │ SailfishLCD.cpp
│ │ │ SailfishLCD.h
│ │ │
│ │ └───examples
│ │ └───FlashForgeInterfaceBoardLCD
│ │ FlashForgeInterfaceBoardLCD.ino
│ │
│ └───SlowSoftI2CMaster
│ │ README.md
│ │
│ ├───examples
│ │ ├───BMA020Slow
│ │ │ BMA020Slow.ino
│ │ │
│ │ └───I2CScanSlow
│ │ I2CScanSlow.ino
│ │
│ └───src
│ SlowSoftI2CMaster.cpp
│ SlowSoftI2CMaster.h
│
└───src

OK fine screw it, I’ll just make a folder with the cpp and h in it. Whomp whomp:

Marlin\src\SlowSoftI2CMaster\SlowSoftI2CMaster.cpp:3:31: fatal error: SlowSoftI2CMaster.h: No such file or directory

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compilation terminated.
Compiling .pioenvs\megaatmega2560\src\src\feature\I2CPositionEncoder.cpp.o
Compiling .pioenvs\megaatmega2560\src\src\feature\Max7219_Debug_LEDs.cpp.o
*** [.pioenvs\megaatmega2560\src\src\SlowSoftI2CMaster\SlowSoftI2CMaster.cpp.o] Error 1

The header and source file are in the same folder. This is my first time using platform IO and so far I am very unimpressed. I’ve wasted over an hour on the very simple task of including a cpp and header file…

https://imgur.com/a/UGRZEyH

Any suggestions that don’t involve messing with uploading to the curated library repo or making a json?

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Well wouldn’t you know it, Visual Studio Code apparently is bugged. Par for the course for Microsoft these days. Sure made me look like an idiot here…

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Please read Library Dependency Finder (LDF) — PlatformIO latest documentation