VSCode-terminal-interaction

Let's build an extension to customize VSCode-terminal interaction

why

I got inspired by this video from 3b1b youtube channel and how he manages his interactive workflow with some custom sublime plugin. I decided to make my own version with a VSCode Extension.

workflow

The user simply selects some text or moves the curser to a line and press shif+Enter the extension will copy the line/seletion in a integrated terminal (last used terminal).

Note: if the current line is a comment it will call some special function
run_line_at({fileName},{lineNumber})
you should implement it yourself 😅

default shortcuts

• shift+Enter -> copy Selection/line to terminal
• ctrl+n -> new ipython teminal

packaging

to make an installable .vsix extension file

1. install vsce globally with npm
2. run vsce package

TODOs

• Be smarter at terminal selection.
• Draft some Python tools as a template for custom run_line_at.
• find ways to interact with external terminals.
• add other commands (run_util_here, run_current_section)