Visual Studio Code

Installation

Download
Fedora Requires "gtk2" package

Keyboard Shortcuts

Show shortcuts:

CTRL + K CTRL + S

Open command pallette:

SHIFT + CTRL + P

Toggle sidebar:

CTRL + B

Zoom in/out

CTRL + SHIFT +
CTRL + SHIFT -

Top/Bottom of file:

CTRL + Home
CTRL + End

Save all:

CTRL + K S

Preview MD at side

CTRL + K V

Rename variable everywhere:

F2

Move line up/down:

ALT + UPArrow
ALT + DownArrow

Duplicate line:

SHIFT + Alt + Up or Dwn

Delete line

SHIFT + CTRL + K

Peek editor

SHIFT + F12

Comment/uncomment a line:

CTRL + /

Highlight current line:

CTRL + L

Copy a line:

ALT + SHIFT + UpArrow

Block indent / Outdent:

CTRL + ]
CTRL + [

Block comment / uncomment:

CTRL + K C
CTRL + K U

Run code:

CTRL + F5

Open MD preview:

SHIFT + CTRL + v

Summary sheet here.

Extensions

PlatformIO IDE

platformio.platformio-ide

Python

Python (Microsoft) provides IntelliSense, and installs:

Jupyter
Pylance

See settings:

python.analysis.typeCheckingMode: off/basic/strict
python.formatting.provider: autopep8

Reorder imports, add to settings.json:

"editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
     "source.organizeImports": true
    }

Or, "sortImports" to not remove unused imports.

pylint

Python-autopep8

Python: Enable Linting
Python: Select Linter
pylance language server (includes pyright functionality)
- Python > Analysis: Type Checking Mode: basic

Remote Development Extension Pack

Connect to SSH/WSL hosts
Command Pallette: Remote SSH: Connect current window to host

Settings

UI

File > Preferences > Settings > [User, Workspace, as required]

Files: Trim Trailing Whitespace: true

Vertical Rulers can be set in settings.json:

"editor.rulers": [
        80, 120
    ]

File

[Workspace] > .vscode > settings.json
~/.vscode/extensions/[extension]/pythonFiles/.vscode/settings.json

"python.linting.enabled": true,
"python.linting.pylintArgs": ["--enable=F,E,W"]

Syntax Highlighter

Install Node.js
npm install -g yo generator-code

yo code

New Language Support
Complete questions
Copy new directory to $HOME/.vscode/extensions
- package.json : Language description
- syntaxes/tpl.tmLanguage.json : main language matching (see language grammars)
- language-configuration.json : Defines the tokens that are used for comments and brackets (see docs)

To inspect:

Command Palette: Developer: Inspect Editor Tokens and Scopes

To package:

npm install -g vsce
cd myExtension
vsce package

To publish:

vsce publish