Editor Settings

Table of Contents

• VS Code / VSCodium
  • Recommended Settings
  • Extensions

VS Code / VSCodium

VS Code (and its Libre Open Source version VSCodium) is an extremely powerful editor, favored by many developers at LS&T. Here are some settings and extensions you might find useful.

Recommended Settings

To edit settings hit CMD + ,, or go to VSCode > Settings… > Settings. From there, you can search for the setting by name.

• Files: Insert Final Newline - enabled
  • POSIX definition of a line requires a line to end with a newline character.
  • This setting helps avoid those ugly red newline warnings in Git and GitHub.
  • This setting is required.
• Files: Trim Final Newlines - enabled
  • Prevents users from over-compensating for the above setting
• Editor: Render Final Newline - on
  • Up to user preference, dimmed is another good option
• Editor: Render Whitespace - all
  • This will help spot mismatched indentation, excess whitespace, and other whitespace-related issues.
  • Can take some getting used to, but worth trying for a bit
  • Ultimately up to user preference

Extensions

• Bookmarks - Mark your spot for later and jump between marks easily
• GitHub Copilot Chat - AI code help. Requires a GitHub Copilot subscription
• Git Blame - Find out what jerk committed this line! (it was probably you)
• indent-rainbow - Helps identify indentation level and mismatched indentation
• Selected Lines Count - Quickly count lines

Have a recommended setting or cool extension to share? Submit a PR!