VSCode

Install

• Linux:
  1. Download deb archive
  2. Install: sudo apt update; sudo dpkg -i code_xxx.deb
• MacOS:
  1. Download: https://code.visualstudio.com/
  2. Extract from the downloaded archive and move to the Applications folder.

Configure

1. Linux: make sure that the "Fractional Scaling" is disabled in Displays configuration, otherwise fonts might be blury.
2. Create or replace the settings.json file contents with the following to set fonts, disable annoying suggestions etc. File location:
   • Linux: ~/.config/Code/User/
   • MacOS: /Users/andrei/Library/Application Support/Code/User/

{
    "workbench.colorTheme": "Default Light Modern",
    "workbench.colorCustomizations": {
        "editor.lineHighlightBackground": "#F3EFEE",
        "editor.background": "#FFFFFF", // Set to white for a lighter background
        "editor.foreground": "#000000"
    },
    "editor.rulers": [],
    "editor.hover.enabled": false,
    "editor.suggest.preview": false,
    "editor.quickSuggestions": {
        "other": false,
        "comments": false,
        "strings": false
    },
    "editor.suggestOnTriggerCharacters": false,
    "editor.suggest.showWords": false,
    "rust-analyzer.hover.actions.enable": false,
    "rust-analyzer.hover.actions.updateTest.enable": false,
    "rust-analyzer.hover.actions.debug.enable": false,
    "rust-analyzer.hover.actions.gotoTypeDef.enable": false,
    "rust-analyzer.hover.actions.implementations.enable": false,
    "editor.fontFamily": "'Fira Code', monospace",
    "editor.fontLigatures": true,
    "editor.fontWeight": "400",
    "editor.fontSize": 14,
    "editor.formatOnSave": true,
    "git.enableSmartCommit": true,
    "git.confirmSync": false,
    "terminal.integrated.fontWeight": "normal",
    "terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "Courier New",
    "lldb.useBundled": true,
    "lldb.verboseLogging": true,
}

1. Configure the keyboard shortcut to manually request CoPilot suggestions:
   1. Open the Keyboard Shortcuts: Ctrl+K Ctrl+s.
   2. Search for "GitHub Copilot: Open Completions Panel".
   3. Assign the Ctrl+Shift+0 key sequence.
2. Restart VSCode.

Support Rust

Install and configure Rust extensions

• Install the rust-analyzer extension to support Rust.
• Install the following system libraries are installed, they are required by codelldb: sudo apt install build-essential libstdc++-12-dev libclang-dev
• Install the CodeLLDB plugin by Vadim Chugunov for debugging.
• Restart VSCode.

Debug Rust library

Create Launch configuration to run application that uses the library. Example:

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "LQE",
            "type": "lldb",
            "request": "launch",
            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/target/debug/lqe",
            "args": [],
            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
            "envFile": "${workspaceFolder}/dev.env",
            "stopOnEntry": false
        }
    ]
}

Support Typescript

1. Install and configure NodeJS and TypeScript.
2. Install Prettier: npm install --save-dev prettier
3. Install the Prettier VSCode extension, required for formatting the TypeScript files.
4. Add the following to settings.json:

   {
     "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
     "editor.formatOnSave": true
   }