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POV: M$ releases a new VSCode version
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All of these issues are from today.
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You know, It's time I play with VSCodium again.
I used it for a long time but ended up having issues with the SSH plugin and the Python support that forced me to go back to regular VSCode. But that was so long ago they surely fixed it by now...
Just be aware MS did the MS thing of not permitting some plugins to work on non vscode installations like the corporate dicks they are.
true for eg MS' C++ extensions or copilot - they actively block installing and running it on codium, based on some internal "app name" config of the IDE.
there's a workaround for that though. install both codium and vsc, install extensions on vsc, symlink the ".vscode" folder to ". vscode-oss", and edit codium's app info json (forgot filename) to match vsc's (mainly the "app name").
last step needs to be done after each update, but can applied with a script, happy to share if anyone needs it. Just make sure the installed codium- and vsc versions match.
Well I don't feel the need to shoot myself in the foot enough to justify learning C++, but it's good to see that a work around exists.
it's fun for microcontrollers, for when you get bored with software and want to venture out into hardware
they do? i always just downloaded the .vsix file and installed manually that way.
i'm fairly certain there's also a patch to enable the marketplace properly on vscodium. i think i used it when i still used arch.
Not all addons allow you to download a vsix though.
what did you use instead, especially for Python?
I asked in a random thread about linux IDEs, thinking there'd be several to the level of VSCode and didn't find anything recommended that was particularly new, and ended up using pulsar for taking notes (it keeps sessions with "unsaved" files somewhere so I just dump stuff into there, manages searches of file contents from certain folders like VS code) and VS Codium for development (it has ctrl+click to find usages/takes to declerations) , but I haven't gotten python integration working on there, and would like to try something new out.
I don't want to use Kate or NeoVim since I want a GUI and integration with "compilers"/interpreters by using buttons and such, but I haven't found anything that doesn't seem like its from the late 90s early 00s, which doesn't work with my shitty eyes and 1080 displays.
PyCharm? Spacemacs ? Both work fine as Python IDEs (so can neovim, but it does't have a GUI)
Not who you're asking, but weighing in anyways. I use VSCodium for C# and Python development on Linux. Only extensions I needed was ms-python.python, ms-python.debugpy, and I use ms-python.vscode-python-envs
For c# it's dotrush only.
All works. Step through debugging all works, no issues.
I've been using zed, it has solid python integration and is way faster than vscode (oss or otherwise). I believe python debugging is supported now, but it's not quite as advanced as PyCharm.
As I said, I didn't find an alternative, ended up just going back to regular Microsoft VSCode, I'll poke around VSCodium again and see if I can get Python to work as I'm expecting it to.
I suppose there is PyCharm Community Edition but I haven't really used it enough to recommend. It also feels like Jetbrains IDEs end up being heavier than Electron, somehow. Depending on your use it might be overkill.
I also know there's that super hyped Rust based one called Zed that's supposed to be really lightweight and fast, but who knows if they're even focusing on that anymore given their whole homepage is now AI AI AI...
Thanks for the picture of the landscape, I guess for my dad tier motives I'll just stick to what I have.
I even have fancy project based theming to stop me from getting confused in my old age.
vscodium is pretty compared to the first-party vscode builds. i forget the exact details, i think i was having issues with the dev container plugins not working at all.
i've been using zed.dev with all of the AI features turned off and its been nice. it's probably a matter of time before they enshittify too, but for now i'm enjoying it.
Don't ask me how it's named but I believe there was a fork of the project relatively recently in reaction due to some AI stuff they did.
The fork has all AI features scrubbed out
Last time I said "No! This is getting silly!" and decided to try all those language-server GUI text editors I lost a couple of weeks and decided to nuke my emacs config and make LSP actually work there instead.