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Re: Show HN: VS Code extension to edit the filesystem like a text buffer

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Post by hexomancer »

_Broken_Cloud_ wrote: post #11

The idea's cool, but the ui is kinda raw

Thanks for the feedback. Can you be a little more specific? What do you mean by "raw"? Do you mean from an aesthetic standpoint or is there some functionality you are missing from the UI?

Re: Show HN: VS Code extension to edit the filesystem like a text buffer

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Post by Etheryte »

senectus1 wrote: post #6

haha yeah this'll never bee a problem with AI plugged into your VSCode :-D

In this day and age, this could very well be an up and coming startup. "Hey , find all files on my computer that might be a virus and delete them."

Re: Show HN: VS Code extension to edit the filesystem like a text buffer

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Post by gschizas »

This looks cool, but I'm a bit wary of publishers that aren't verified.

> Do you trust the publisher "Ali Mostafavi"?

> The extension voil is published by Ali Mostafavi. This is the first extension > you're installing from this publisher.

> Ali Mostafavi is not verified.

> Visual Studio Code has no control over the behavior of third-party extensions, including how they manage your personal data. Proceed only if you trust the publisher.

Re: Show HN: VS Code extension to edit the filesystem like a text buffer

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Post by hexomancer »

gschizas wrote: post #16

This looks cool, but I'm a bit wary of publishers that aren't verified. > Do you trust the publisher "Ali Mostafavi"? > The extension voil is published by Ali Mostafavi. This is the first extension > you're installing from this publisher. > Ali Mostafavi is not verified. > Visual Studio Code has no control over the behavior of third-party extensions, including how they manage your personal data. Proceed only if you t…

You can view the source code and package the extension yourself if you are worried about that. It is only ~2000 LOC.

It is not easy to get verified in vscode marketplace, even major publishers like Qt organization are not verified much less so a solo open source developer like myself.

Re: Show HN: VS Code extension to edit the filesystem like a text buffer

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Post by globular-toast »

hexomancer wrote: post #9
globular-toast wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can switch to wdired and then edit the filenames etc. But true you can't create/delete files. Creating empty files is rarely useful or necessary, though, so not sure why you'd want that. Deleting files is more useful but that seems perfect in normal dired as you can see what you've marked rather than try to mentally keep track of lines you've already deleted.

> Creating empty files is rarely useful or necessary I kind of disagree? Most files were once created as an empty file! (at least that's the case in my workflow).

The normal pattern, in Unix-like systems at least, is to just write to a non-existent file. There is very little reason to create an empty file first.

In Emacs I can even open a file in a non-existent directory and it will create all the containing directories when I try to save. So I rarely even use mkdir.

Re: Show HN: VS Code extension to edit the filesystem like a text buffer

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Post by whalesalad »

turboponyy wrote: post #2

"Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power" - some Emacs user, probably

Was literally thinking the same thing. A colleague of mine basically used emacs as an operating system. Pretty sure he could get his to make buttered toast.
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