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Visual Studio Code Tricks:

Setup, just the way I like it:

Install the following extensions:

  • Todo+ by Fabio Spampinato
  • Bookmarks by Alessandro Fragani
  • C/C++ by Microsoft
  • markdownlint by David Anson
  • Window Colors by Stuart Robinson
  • hexdump for VSCode by slevesque
  • Prettify JSON by Mohsen Azimi
  • Shader languages support for VS Code by slevesque
  • Live Server by Ritwick Dey

Press CTRL+, to open settings and use the following

"editor.tabSize": 4,
"editor.insertSpaces": false,
"editor.renderWhitespace": "all",

"todo.timekeeping.started.format": "YYYYMMDD HH:mm", // Format used for displaying time inside @started
"todo.timekeeping.finished.format": "YYYYMMDD HH:mm", // Format used for displaying time inside @done/cancelled
"todo.colors.done": "#2b8b2c",
"todo.colors.cancelled": "#a12525",
"todo.colors.project": "#02d6ff",

"liveServer.settings.donotShowInfoMsg": true,
"workbench.sideBar.location": "right",

"files.insertFinalNewline": true

Press CTRL+SHIFT+P and type shortcut to change user shortcuts and use the follow

// Place your key bindings in this file to override the defaults
[
	{ "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+k",         "command": "bookmarks.toggle", "when": "editorFocus" },
	{ "key": "ctrl+k ctrl+n",         "command": "bookmarks.jumpToNext", "when": "editorFocus" },
]

Some Good Settings

Press CTRL+SHIFT+P and type settings to get into settings then search and apply the following if desired!

  • Wrapping Indent to indent or deepindent to help indent a wrapped line when using ALT+Z.

Fun tips for usage

  • Convert Indentation To Tabs from F1/command palette (jobun44)
  • To commit all changes or staged changes just type message in the field below SOURCE CONTROL: SVN and hit Shift+Enter (jobun44)
  • Edit all text that matches selection, CTRL+F2
  • Open file in a split view, CTRL+LeftClick (jobun44)
  • Multiline edit: CTRL+ALT+ up/down arrows (jobun44)
  • Just write a comment (in html) and CTRL+/ (cicero743)
  • CTRL+R will open a recent file or project with typable find.
  • Use markdown preview CTRL+K V to monitor md changes.
  • CTRL+SHIFT+O will search for symbols or something special, better than CTRL+F
  • There is a refresh button above tree view, in event it doesn't auto refresh press this button instead of reloading.

Change Line Endings

Bottom right of status bar click on LF or CRLF, this will bring up (near top) a menu to change.
It appears this setting may be per folder.

Building Linux with F8 to Find Tasks

  1. From a VSCode window that is ssh:rhino and opened to some project... (the ssh:rhino may? be important)
  2. Use CTRL-SHIFT-P (command palette) to open Tasks: Open User Tasks, which will be system wide tasks for user.
  3. Copy the contents, or some of the tasks from: https://github.com/timbeaudet/knowledge_base/blob/main/config/vscode_tasks.json
  4. Use CTRL-SHIFT-B to build, and F8 to navigate the errors (good luck choosing not the first)

Opening Files from Multiple Directories?

I'm opening files from Turtle Brains, ICE, Track Builder and Game Projects all the time, such as the various release notes etc. You can use workbench.editor.customLabels.patterns to customize this and shorten it without the built-in path making the tabs extra long.

	"workbench.editor.customLabels.patterns": {
		"**/turtle_brains/release_notes.md": "🐢Notes",
		"**/ice/release_notes.md": "🧊Notes",
		"**/track_builder/run/release_notes.md": "🚧Notes",
		"**/turtle_brains/**": "🐢${filename}.${extname}",
		"**/ice/**": "🧊${filename}.${extname}",
		"**/track_builder/**": "TRK: ${filename}.${extname}",
	}

Some ShortCuts

  • Middle-Mouse Button will close the tab without pressing the [x].
  • CTRL+ALT+UP and CTRL+ALT+DOWN arrows will allow multi cursor creation.

Extra Control for Extensions

markdownlint

  • Disable linting in current file by pressing F1 and typing "toggle" (in full you want to markdownlint.toggleLinting which effects only present file.)

Solutions to some issues.

  • Issue: Too many files for filewatcher.
    • Solution: Add "file.watcherExclude": { "directory/**": true, ... } to settings.json.
    • Solution: Close some VSCode instances, the watchers appear to be system limited, not app limited.