VSCode disappear from candidate list to open text file in Linux

[Ovear]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

• VS Code Version: Code 1.90.0
• OS Version: Arch Linux with KDE plasma 6

This change was introduced by PR #209510. I am unsure why the original poster claims that "This software is not a plain text editor," as it actually is.

If I understand correctly, this PR aims to address issue #114425. Why then was "text/plain" removed from the MIME list? The issue should be resolved by removing "inode/directory" only instead.

Introducing this controversial and unrelated side effect into a PR meant to fix a bug does not seem convincing.

Additionally, it seems I am not the only one questioning this. There are also doubts expressed in the commit log, but no answers have been provided. Check commits here: f1c0071

P.S. I forgot to mention that this change also affects coding files like .py, .go, and .java, as most of these files are recognized as "text/plain".

[VSCodeTriageBot]

Thanks for creating this issue! It looks like you may be using an old version of VS Code, the latest stable release is 1.90.0. Please try upgrading to the latest version and checking whether this issue remains.

Happy Coding!

[Ovear]

Well, it does 1.90.0 actually.