Visualstudio

VisualStudio is now cross-platform, and it's core is OSS.

Documentation

official docs

Locations

~/Library/Application\ Support/Code/User/settings.json

user settings

Install

Archlinux

pacman -S code   # oss-release of vscode

Usage

• Menus are designed to be searched-for/found using Ctrl+Shift+P (ex: installing extensions)
• Symbols are searched using Ctrl+t
• Files are searched using Ctrl+p

Configuration

Code > Settings > Settings  # open visual settings

# macos settings

// ~/Library/Application\ Support/Code/User/settings.json
{
    "workbench.colorTheme": "Monokai",
    "workbench.startupEditor": "none",
    "terminal.integrated.macOptionIsMeta": true,
}

// ~/Library/Application\ Support/Code/User/keybindings.json

[
    {
        "key": "alt+m",
        "command": "workbench.action.toggleMaximizedPanel"
    }
]

Plugins

There is no builtin way of configuring extensions, and having visualstudio automatically install them. There is however a commandline interface.

You can find extension ids listed within visualstudio, following the name (ex janjoerke.align-by-regex ).

code --install-extension <extension-id>

General
vscode plugin: neovim	vscode controls nvim backend
vscode plugin: vscodevim	vim emulation/nvim integration
vscode plugin: align-by-regex	essentially tabular.vim
Python
vscode plugin: python	python base package
Java
vscode plugin: java extension pack	java base package