Getting started with the terminal - Visual Studio Code

Enter a basic command like ls to list the files in the current directory. The terminal displays the output of the command, similar to a standalone terminal, except that you stay within the editor.

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May 2020 (version 1.46) - Visual Studio Code

Some programming languages have different definitions for what constitutes a line terminator. This varies across languages, for example LS (Line Separator) and PS (Paragraph Separator) are line terminators in C# and JavaScript, but not in HTML, PHP, or Java.

Terminal Shell Integration - Visual Studio Code

This allows the output of ls for example to reliably open the correct file. The current working directory is also used to show the directory in the terminal tab, in the run recent command quick pick and for the "terminal.integrated.splitCwd": "inherited" feature.

Developing in WSL - Visual Studio Code

Developing in WSL The Visual Studio Code WSL extension lets you use the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) as your full-time development environment right from VS Code. You can develop in a Linux-based environment, use Linux-specific toolchains and utilities, and run and debug your Linux-based applications all from the comfort of Windows. The extension runs commands and other extensions ...

January 2023 (version 1.75) - Visual Studio Code

OSC hyperlink support was added in v1.72, the common file:// protocol often used in these links are now supported (for example ls --hyperlink). The terminal.integrated.enableFileLinks setting now features a "notRemote" option, allowing it to be conditionally disabled only on remotes where the file existence checks can cause performance problems.

Command Line Interface (CLI) - Visual Studio Code

Select a profile You can launch VS Code with a specific profile via the --profile command-line interface option. You pass the name of the profile after the --profile argument and open a folder or a workspace using that profile. The command line below opens the web-sample folder with the "Web Development" profile: code ~/projects/web-sample --profile "Web Development" If the profile specified ...

Ruby in Visual Studio Code

Ruby in Visual Studio Code Ruby is a dynamic, open-source programming language known for its simplicity and productivity. With an expressive and elegant syntax, part of the Ruby philosophy is to make developers happy. It is often used for web development with a range of different frameworks, and for scripting, allowing for fast iterations when building prototypes. This topic goes into detail ...

Integrate with External Tools via Tasks - Visual Studio Code

For example, to list the directory of a folder containing spaces in its name, the command executed in bash should look like this: ls 'folder with spaces'. { "label": "dir", "type": "shell", "command": "dir 'folder with spaces'" }

Language Server Extension Guide - Visual Studio Code

Language Server Extension Guide As you have seen in the Programmatic Language Features topic, it's possible to implement Language Features by directly using languages.* API. Language Server Extension, however, provides an alternative way of implementing such language support. This topic: Explains the benefits of Language Server Extension. Walks you through building a Language Server using the ...