Issue #9  (Terminal Font)06/22/22

As you might know, VS Code has an integrated terminal and that too, just like the rest of the editor, is able to be customized. You can open the terminal using the Terminal menu option at the top, or just hit CTRL/CMD-` (backtick). The default terminal in Windows looks like the screenshot below.

In the GUI settings you can type the word "terminal" to see various options for changing the default external terminal on different platforms, determining whether to open the terminal integrated in VS Code, clearing the terminal while debugging, and so on.
 
To customize the font of the terminal, type "Terminal font" to pull up some font-related options. There you can change the terminal font size as well as the font used, which defaults to whatever your editor font currently is. You can also use the JSON settings to edit the font-related values for the terminal, as shown in the next screenshot.
 
As you can see, you can adjust the font family, weight, and size specifically for the Integrated Terminal. I've chosen to use Consolas bold at 16px as my terminal font. Of course, that's still a pretty plain terminal. There are ways to liven up the terminal and I'll discuss that in a future issue.

Now on to this week's hand-picked links!

VS Code Tools

snappify — A VS Code extension for snappify, a tool that lets you generate pretty images of code snippets.

Mintlify Doc Writer — AI powered documentation writer for JavaScript, Python, Java, Typescript, and many more languages.

Auto Rename Tag — A super-popular VS Code extension that automatically renames the other opening/closing HTML tag when you rename one of the tag pair.

vscode-sqlite — A VS Code extension to explore and query SQLite databases.

VS Code Articles

Visual Studio Code Community Discussions — From Microsoft, this is a GitHub repository specifically for asking questions and having discussion covering "extension development to learn, experiment, and grow sustainably."

Leaked Tokens in VSCode Extensions — Some useful security-related info for those who have published VS Code extensions or are working on releasing something soon.

Creating Playgrounds for Tinkering with New Repositories Without any Local Installation — This incorporates VS Code and Docker, should this be something you'd like to do.

Bytes — A JavaScript newsletter that's entertaining and informative with lots of coding tidbits, news, and tools.   Sponsor 

The Alternatives

DataStation — A data IDE for developers that lets you load from databases, REST APIs, and files, script in your favorite language, and create beautiful visualizations.

fzf.vim — A bundle of fzf-based commands and mappings to help with Vim commands written for fzf, the popular command-line fuzzy finder.

Paradise Theme — A dark/light color palette ported to a number of different tools including Neovim, VS Code, PowerShell, and more.

Suggestions?

If you have any link suggestions, including a tool, article, or other resources related to VS Code or another IDE, send it via DM on X: @LouisLazaris or just hit reply on this email.

That's it for this issue.

Happy VS Coding!
Louis
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