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730 mentions on Hacker News by 573 people: 130 stories, 600 comments · first 2015-11-18 · latest 2026-10-30

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  1. …page: https://code.visualstudio.com/api . It's also why we have very restricted API guidelines: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/wiki/Extension-API-guide... We'd love to hear more about the lack of documentation you're referring to.…
    comment by joaomoreno · 2020-09-23 · in The Era of Visual Studio Code
  2. I adore VS Code. But I still find insane it does not have an overwrite mode! [1] [1] https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/86671 & https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/1012
    comment by cek · 2020-09-22 · in The Era of Visual Studio Code
  3. …I completely fault Apple for this, still doesn't change it looks like a dead end for now) [0] https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/70764
    comment by hrktb · 2020-09-16 · in Nova by Panic
  4. …start VSCode because my internet was offline. Turns out it was an electron bug. (This issue: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/7570 ). I've been suspicious of electron ever since.
    comment by jbay808 · 2020-09-04 · in Winamp Skin Museum
  5. …their own telemetry generally ignore the telemetry setting on the editor itself. One such example: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/49161
    comment by sneak · 2020-08-28 · in Editor Overload
  6. …or build from source (with reference that the Microsoft specific functionality is not present: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/60#issuecomment-1... )
    comment by wastedhours · 2020-08-28 · in Editor Overload
  7. ICYMI: This bug from 2017 was triaged, fixed and in the insider build in less than 2 weeks (!!) https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/22900
    comment by mceachen · 2020-08-23 · in Ask HN: How to do cross platform GUI?
  8. An actual href'd link to the issue: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/100335 Again, sorry if this isn't kosher.
  9. …ours or Microsoft's (with the caveat that you would violate their license). See this thread: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/31168#issue-24453...
  10. …The github page for "Visual Studio Code" prominently displays "Open Source" in its title: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode I'm willing to be convinced that it's a marketing deception and "open source" should be removed but so far, I…
  11. You can look at the source code on GitHub here and compile it yourself if you want... https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/tree/master/src
  12. …hat from Visual Studio Code due to one user. Ironically the issue currently has 18 down-votes. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/87268
  13. …requests, most of the non-VSCode-specific feature requests have been solved (somewhere) by Emacs: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3A... I will say that this was way worse a couple of years ago. They seem to have…
  14. …up with another word/phrase for whites to be guilty about, and therefore need to be changed. [1] https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/87268
  15. …it immediately and make it your top priority. To me this is almost equally offensive as a swastika. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/87268 I didn't know that Santa Claus was a religious symbol, I celebrate with Santa and I do not…
  16. …like source control, menus, language configuration - the full protocol is defined here: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/master/src/vs/workb... We aim to integrate with that back-end extension host process - in other words, to…
  17. …and that (apparently) is a fair bit of work to bring to ARM (though it's being worked on) [0] [0] https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/6442
    comment by ryan-allen · 2020-06-22 · in ARM Mac Impact on Intel
  18. I don't think VS Code actually supports background color styles for syntax highlighting. https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/3429 I ran into this trying to do a Code theme a few months ago. (My favorite light theme -- and I am…
    comment by chipotle_coyote · 2020-06-12 · in Is Dark Mode Such a Good Idea?
  19. Which issue is that? This was one of my big ones: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/23931 Cramming literally everything into that tiny sidebar and making you constantly resize it when you switch between files, search, git is one…
  20. …of magnitude lower latency than vscode[2] [1] https://pavelfatin.com/typing-with-pleasure/ [2] https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/27378
    comment by gruez · 2020-05-19 · in Electron 9.0
  21. Yup. I'm just shocked that https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/76594#issuecommen... has been open for more than year now. Two finger scroll that lags for up to 1 second! Imagine the uproar if Apple introduced this bug into XCode and…
    comment by taliesinb · 2020-05-19 · in Electron 9.0
  22. https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_45#_faster-syntax-h... https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/95958
    comment by WorldMaker · 2020-05-13 · in Create Diagrams in VS Code with Draw.io
  23. …a part of VS Code codebase. Perhaps, this is it (though, I very well might be wrong on this, too): https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/tree/master/src/vs/workb... .
    comment by ablekh · 2020-05-07 · in GitHub Codespaces
  24. Could be worse: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/32405 the famous “we changed the names of common git operations, oh boy was that a bad idea” bug.
  25. …items could be included, though the installer code seems to be included in the source code: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/master/build/win32/...
  26. …Google Chrome with the source on GitHub analogous to Chromium. Explanation from Microsoft employee: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/60#issuecomment-1... Visual Studio Code license: https://code.visualstudio.com/license Official…
  27. [citation needed] Telemetry is plainly visible in the VS Code source: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/tree/8ffcb49f4fbeb250405...
  28. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode MIT Licenced Am I missing something?
  29. …a chance to misinform. VS Code is open source. It's MIT licensed. You can get the source code here: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode
  30. …yesterday it was added to the backlog) [0]. This will be very useful in persisting terminals. [0] https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/90696
    comment by dfee · 2020-04-28 · in Tmux for Mere Mortals
  31. …* You can file issues and provide feedback as we try to improve continously https://github.com/microsoft/vscode * Feel free to ping me @isidorn on either of those or on Twitter. And let me know if we can help more. I wish you all the
  32. …VS Code repo was as simple as adding a dev dependency to `deemon` and adding a new `watchd` script: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/4e8408d4c4dafae88f7... . You can try it out right now using `npx`: simply run `npx deemon BUILD…
  33. …actually doing. I.e. what do 'refresh' and 'sync' do in VS Code? The consequences could be dire: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/32405 > reverting a commit is 2-3 clicks, or a whole lot of typing. Git revert is a single command;…
    comment by jldugger · 2020-04-13 · in Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours?
  34. …of editors since at least the 80s. Keyboard macros in other editors has saved me 100s of hours. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/4490
    comment by greggman3 · 2020-04-13 · in Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours?
  35. …just impossible to search. [1] https://www.howtogeek.com/202825/what%E2%80%99s-the-differen... [2] https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/wiki/Differences-between...
  36. …open base upon which VSCode is built. VS Code's branding, telemetry and more are closed-source. See https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/60#issuecomment-1... for a full explanation.
  37. I mean, do they think we are idiots? Visual Studio Code is clearly open source with an MIT license. https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode EDIT: OH WAIT - I see - they forked at least parts of Visual Studio Code and then open sourced it. In…
  38. …(likewise these are not licensed). Almost exactly like Red Hat Linux compared to CentOS. See https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/60#issuecomment-1...
  39. …there. [1] https://code.visualstudio.com/ [2] https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/go [3] https://github.com/microsoft/vscode [4] https://www.jetbrains.com/go/
    comment by guessmyname · 2020-03-30 · in Choosing Between Rust or Go?
  40. …that'd be amazing. There is some projects[1] going on but using some non-viable workaround [1] https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/70764
  41. …Atom, well, wasn't. If commit activity graphs are really a meaningful measure, look at VSCode's: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/graphs/commit-activity The number of commits per, uh, date unit (the graph is not super clear on that…
    comment by chipotle_coyote · 2020-03-17 · in NPM Is Joining GitHub
  42. …there was huge meme thread going on in that issue or in reddit/hn when that thing was happening. 1: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/87268
    comment by vhakulinen · 2020-02-17 · in NPM: 429 Too Many Requests
  43. …supplied in the Python extension. I LOVE this feedback! Keep it coming (though entering issues https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python would be ideal) Yes, as conner4312 VS Code is investigating how to better incorporate a juypter…
  44. …like vi mode aren't inherited. (Disclaimer: I work on VS Code, but am not working on notebooks) 1. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/88243
  45. …the author of calva asking for more than just simple :before and :after line decorators in vscode. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/3220#issuecomment... Has calva been able to better handle inline errors and large results better?…
  46. …best to show some data inline, but unfortunately vs-code doesn't support displaying inline results https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/3220
  47. …bad style will force you away to spend time with your family. As for the Santa Hat “controversy” ( https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/87268 ), I think it’s utterly ridiculous. Merry Christmas
  48. (Incase someone doesn't get the reference: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/87419 )
  49. For anyone confused here is the original that this is referencing: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/87268
    comment by neaden · 2019-12-21 · in I'm Buddhist and I'm Offended
  50. Original ticket: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/87268