VS Code - Visual Studio Code¶

Visual Studio Code - Code Editing. Redefined (code.visualstudio.com)

Pages¶

Usage¶

Handy commands¶

Open something in a new window: code -n foobar Add folder to workspace: code --add . Diff from last save: Ctrl-K-D

Install¶

Install VS Code Application
Install VS Code CLI: Open paths from the command line with code command.

Configure¶

File locations:

~/.config/Code/User
~/.config/Code/Workspaces
~/.vscode
- argv.json : pass permanent command line arguments to VS Code.
- extensions: your extensions live here

View the default values in the Settings editor or see a read-only version of the defaultSettings.json via Preferences: Open Default Settings (JSON)

My preferred settings:

Setting ID	Value	Comment
git.rebaseWhenSync	true	Always use rebase instead of merge when running.
files.insertFinalNewline	true	Insert final newline into file when saving

Terminal settings¶

Keyboard Shortcuts - Default¶

CTRL-m: View: Toggle Maximised Panel

Annoyance: Tab Key Moves Focus¶

This breaks shell completion in terminal if it's enabled

Terminal › Integrated: Allow Chords¶

Make things like `CTRL-L`` work.

Whether or not to allow chord keybindings in the terminal. Note that when this is true and the keystroke results in a chord it will bypass Terminal › Integrated: Commands To Skip Shell, setting this to false is particularly useful when you want ctrl+k to go to your shell (not VS Code).

shebang¶

"shellcheck.arguments": [
    "--format=gcc",
    "--severity=warning",
    "--shell=bash",
    "--external-sources",
    "--enable=all",
    "--shebang=#!/usr/bin/env bash"
],

Shortcuts¶

Ctrl-p-p: Go back to previous file
CTRL+ALT+-: Go back

GUI¶

Open two terminals with horizontal split:

Open a first terminal
Open a second one
Right click a terminal and select "move to editor area"

Troubleshooting¶

.gitignore from different folders respected¶

Annoyance - Features (including quickopen, git) exclude files based on .gitignore (even if in different folder!)

File watchers¶

Visual Studio Code is unable to watch for file changes in this large workspace" (error ENOSPC)

Check your watcher limits, current usage and how to increase the limits for inotify

Maybe exclude some from vscode watchers:
```json
"files.watcherExclude": {
    "**/.git/objects/**": true,
    "**/.git/subtree-cache/**": true,
    "**/node_modules/*/**": true
  }