Issue #171 (Coding Agent Integration in VS Code)07/30/25
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A small improvement was made a short while ago in how copied text can be handled in the terminal in VS Code. Some of you might be aware that on Linux, middle-click on your mouse can be used to paste clipboard content. I've never been a Linux user myself, so I don't know all the intricacies of that feature (you can ask an LLM if you want more details).
Nonetheless, VS Code has added this feature to the terminal. You can find it by search for "Middle Click Behavior" in your settings.
You can leave it as the default, which means it will still work on Linux systems without the setting, but if you like that functionality, you might find it useful when working in the terminal and using copy/paste.
Now on to this week's hand-picked links!
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VS Code Tools
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SnippetShare — A VS Code extension for quickly sharing selected code as a public URL, useful for fast reviews, bug reports, and seamless team collaboration.
Emoji Tags — A VS Code extension that allows you to tag any keyword with an emoji, so you can personalize your classes, methods, types, and any keyword for visual clarity and style.
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Vim Mode — A VS Code extension that provides a Vim mode, allowing you to edit in VS Code using Vim or Neovim, useful for heavy Vim users who want to fully enjoy VS Code's ecosystem.
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VS Code Theme of the Week
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Viow Color Themes — A collection of VS Code themes with a balanced mix of color tones, including 7 themes in all, one of which is a light theme.
These themes are definitely different when it comes to the syntax highlighting. I wouldn't say they're my style, but you might like the choices. The one shown above is the "Neon" theme.
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VS Code Articles & Videos
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📺 Coding Agent Integration in VS Code — A short tutorial from the VS Code team on Copilot coding agent, which is now integrated in VS Code via the GitHub Pull Requests extension.
Getting the Most Out of GitHub Copilot Chat in VS Code — The author refers to Copilot Chat as "one of the most powerful AI developer workflows available today", and he shows you how to use it with some real-world prompts.
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Malicious VSCode Extensions Infect Windows with Cryptominers — This was reported back in April, and the extensions have been removed by Microsoft, but you can read all the details and what to potentially watch out for in the future.
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Best of the Rest
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Tachi Code — A browser extension, with an optional online playground, that transforms any source file into a fully functional VS Code-like code editor, based on the Monaco editor.
The Debugger is Here — By popular demand, the Zed editor now includes a debugger that's configurable and supports debugging popular languages including Rust, C/C++, JavaScript, Go, and Python.
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Ask HN: How Much Better are AI IDEs vs. Copy Pasting Into Chat Apps? — A discussion on Hacker News that you might want to check out, especially with the current proliferation of AI-based coding.
If you have any link suggestions, including a tool, article, or other resource related to VS Code or another IDE, you can hit reply, send it via DM on X, or via chat on Bluesky.
That's it for this issue.
Happy VS Coding!
Louis
VSCode.Email
@LouisLazaris
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