Package Details: visual-studio-code-bin 1.96.2-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/visual-studio-code-bin.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: visual-studio-code-bin
Description: Visual Studio Code (vscode): Editor for building and debugging modern web and cloud applications (official binary version)
Upstream URL: https://code.visualstudio.com/
Licenses: custom: commercial
Conflicts: code
Provides: code, vscode
Submitter: dcelasun
Maintainer: dcelasun
Last Packager: dcelasun
Votes: 1480
Popularity: 17.37
First Submitted: 2017-12-18 19:14 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2024-12-20 03:54 (UTC)

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dcelasun commented on 2017-11-15 06:20 (UTC) (edited on 2020-02-06 21:33 (UTC) by dcelasun)

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (read before flagging or commenting!)

  • What is the difference between this package and the one in the community repo?

This is the official binary distribution from Microsoft. The one in the community repo is an unofficial build made from source. Beyond the license difference and branding, there are some proprietary features not available in the open source version.

  • There is a new version out, why is the package not updated?

Please check this page before flagging as out-of-date. If there is no new version on that page, it's not yet released. A tag on Github is NOT a release! If you can see the new version on the updates page but the AUR package is still not updated, flag it and give it time. It's usually done within a day or two.

  • I'm using an AUR helper (yay, yaourt etc.) and I can't install it. Why?

Sometimes AUR helpers do weird things. Download the tarball and install it manually with makepkg -si. If that works, report the problem to your AUR helper's upstream, not here.

  • When I install this package xdg-open uses vscode, not my file manager! How do I fix this?

Install shared-mime-info-gnome. Also see this reddit thread.

  • Why is $X a dependency? I don't like it.

Just because $X is not required to open the app, doesn't mean there is nothing that depends on it. Always search the comment history on AUR to see if that dependency has been previously discussed before writing your own comment. Still nothing? Then use namcap to make sure it's really not needed. If namcap doesn't complain, please leave a comment here and I'll investigate.

  • Something is broken with the app, where do I report it?

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drsensor commented on 2022-02-16 03:21 (UTC)

Somehow picom "window_type = 'popup_menu'" doesn't work on VSCode context menu (right-click menu that contains cut, copy, paste). Anyone know the exact WM_CLASS or WM_NAME of VSCode context menu?

francoism90 commented on 2022-02-15 07:52 (UTC)

Anyone else having issues SSH (remote) not working anymore?

[08:50:12.292] Platform: linux
[08:50:12.297] stderr> bash: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `done'
[08:50:12.297] stderr> bash: line 1: `done'
[08:50:12.299] stderr> zsh: parse error near `}'
[08:50:12.300] > Installing to ...
[08:50:12.301] > 7bbfe4a1a79e%%1%%
[08:50:12.306] > Downloading with wget
[08:50:12.594] > wget download failed

It seems to happen after latest updates.

Whitie commented on 2022-02-15 07:28 (UTC)

Version 1.64.2 constantly uses 30% of CPU. Downgrading to 1.64.1 solves the issue.

FabioLolix commented on 2022-02-08 19:35 (UTC)

Hello, would you like to change the license to 'Microsoft EULA'? Since this isn't a paid for/freemium/commercial, just a proprietary program

dcelasun commented on 2022-02-03 15:45 (UTC)

Updated with ~/.config/code-flags.conf support. Thanks to @n0k0m3 for the PR!

dcelasun commented on 2022-02-02 21:36 (UTC)

@n0k0m3 It should be possible to create a wrapper that would work for both. I'll take a look when I have some spare time. In the meantime, PRs are welcome :)

n0k0m3 commented on 2022-02-02 20:17 (UTC)

@dcelasun Just realized this will only work if you use code . from terminals, but the current .desktop file point straight to /opt path so this won't work.

Maybe change the exec path to /usr/bin/code as well, or is there a reason to start with the main bin?

dcelasun commented on 2022-02-02 20:04 (UTC)

@n0k0m3 thanks, that looks like a good approach. I can add it with the next version.

n0k0m3 commented on 2022-02-02 19:33 (UTC)

Can we have launch script similar to google-chrome* AUR packages for wayland/user option parsing?

Current version of script I'm using for /usr/bin/code

#!/bin/bash

XDG_CONFIG_HOME=${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}

# Allow users to override command-line options
if [[ -f $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/code-flags.conf ]]; then
   CODE_USER_FLAGS="$(cat $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/code-flags.conf)"
fi

# Launch
exec /opt/visual-studio-code/bin/code $CODE_USER_FLAGS "$@"

dipunm commented on 2022-01-29 12:11 (UTC)

FYI, I found this: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/135191

So for anyone looking for a solution in the future, you'll likely need to modify ~/.vscode/argv.json but first that PR needs to be merged and a new version needs to be released. :)

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