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Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extension from VS Code forks

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Re: Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extension from VS Code forks

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And this is why I'm using Zed today. I'm deadly serious. I was a huge proponent of VSCode at first but I've soured on it, and now I don't want my workflow to depend on it in any way.

Awesome software, but I don't trust the upstream org further than I must.

Re: Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extension from VS Code forks

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And this is why I'm using Zed today. I'm deadly serious. I was a huge proponent of VSCode at first but I've soured on it, and now I don't want my workflow to depend on it in any way. Awesome software, but I don't trust the upstream org further than I must.

Still using VSCode, but you kind of know that's it's going to go sour eventually. It is Microsoft. :/

I figure e.g. emacs will always be there when that happens.

All I need is a Github Copilot clone and a good code search feature.

Oh and automatic reloads of open but unchanged buffers when switching between git branches.

Oh and the ssh remote extension.

Re: Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extension from VS Code forks

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To be clear, I'm don't like the Microsoft has a proprietary Marketplace, but a company openly violating the terms of use for their own profit is a bit much in my opinion.

> Cursor allegedly has been flouting Microsoft terms-of-service rules for some time now by setting up a reverse proxy to mask its network requests to the endpoints used by the Microsoft Visual Studio Marketplace. This allows Cursor users to install VS Code extensions from Microsoft's market. Other VS Code forks tend to point to Open VSX, an alternative extension marketplace.

Re: Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extension from VS Code forks

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To be clear, I'm don't like the Microsoft has a proprietary Marketplace, but a company openly violating the terms of use for their own profit is a bit much in my opinion. > Cursor allegedly has been flouting Microsoft terms-of-service rules for some time now by setting up a reverse proxy to mask its network requests to the endpoints used by the Microsoft Visual Studio Marketplace. This allows Cursor users to install…

Yeah, I've noticed this using cursor. I was surprised that the extension marketplace seemed... identical to VS Code.

Re: Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extension from VS Code forks

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The intellisense from clangd is much better and faster than the Microsoft C++ extension, if you can set up a compile_commands.json. Although debugging still relies on the Microsoft extension. Although I don't think it's going to be hard to create an extension just for debugging (if it does not already exist?)

Re: Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extension from VS Code forks

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And this is why I'm using Zed today. I'm deadly serious. I was a huge proponent of VSCode at first but I've soured on it, and now I don't want my workflow to depend on it in any way. Awesome software, but I don't trust the upstream org further than I must.

So how do you get intellisense and debug C++ in Zed?
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