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Re: Visual Studio Code is now open source

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Has anyone spent a lot of time with VS Code? I tried it a while back when it was first announced and have not found a reason to re-visit it yet. At the time it felt like a sublime-text alternative instead of an IDE (was it always positioned to be just an editor?) Always great to see more options though.

Currently testing the Golang tools, quite happy so far. Previously used sublime text

Re: Visual Studio Code is now open source

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No modal/vim mode? (The Googles indicate "no".) I want to love you, Visual Studio Code, but that's a deal-breaker. Looks like the plug-in system is up, so maybe it'll come down the road. Though it's probably my color-blind eyes, but I couldn't find a stock dark theme that worked for me (first time I've had that out-of-the-box problem). So between not being able to read the text on the screen that well, and an input m…

Agreed -- Vim-mode is my #1 feature ask.

I would prefer compat with the Atom Plugin API so I could just use that.

Re: Visual Studio Code is now open source

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We've been asked this by a few people, so I figured this is a good place to respond: Will PTVS (Python Tools for Visual Studio) come to VSCode? The answer is YES! This will be a major focus next year. Expect full intellisense, debugging, profiling, pkg mgmt, unit test, virtual env, multiple interpreter, Jupyter, etc. support. Disc: Python/R/Jupyter team lead https://www.visualstudio.com/features/python-vs

That's awesome PTVS is fantastic.

Re: Visual Studio Code is now open source

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You mean like Microsoft Disk Operating System from back in the day?

Amusing counter argument, but the pendant in me wants to point out that the DOS-name was inherited from the SCP product MS bought[1] rather than a naming convention MS created [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/86-DOS

And the pedant in me wishes to assert that Windows, strictly, follows the rule; it was originally sold as a windowing system for DOS, and the generic use of the word "window" to mean a rectangular section of the screen set aside for program output was well established.

Re: Visual Studio Code is now open source

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corporate shill /s

I'm actually a pretty hard core Linux user who avoids M'soft products when possible, but it's hard to deny I good IDE when I see one. I've never been able to navigate emacs/vim with ease, and sans them, I've never heard of a highly touted, Linux-friendly IDE.

Others have mentioned the heavyweights, so thought I'd like to mention a lightweight favorite of mine that is getting better every release: Geany.

Re: Visual Studio Code is now open source

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Is it me, or is that a Macintosh screenshot of the github page?

The target market for this product will either not care what platform the screenshots of the cross platform tool are taken on, or they'll get a negative impression if it is not OS X. Therefore, OS X.

Re: Visual Studio Code is now open source

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Link?

I'm sure it's not the only language Carmack is using but... https://mobile.twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/577877590070...

I think you're right. MS Visual Racket will replace command line C for games and operating systems.
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