Package Details: visual-studio-code-bin 1.130.0-1

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: 1698
Popularity: 28.88
First Submitted: 2017-12-18 19:14 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2026-07-22 18:51 (UTC)

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dcelasun commented on 2017-11-15 06:20 (UTC) (edited on 2026-06-04 12:33 (UTC) by dcelasun)

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  • 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 licence difference and branding, there are some proprietary features not available in the open-source version.

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

Install shared-mime-info-gnome gnome-session which now includes mimemapps.

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stepovic commented on 2018-09-06 14:05 (UTC) (edited on 2018-09-06 14:06 (UTC) by stepovic)

@adlerdias: Seems to be a Windows-only bug as stated here: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/58032#issuecomment-419013555

Nevertheless 1.27.1 is expected to be released pretty soon.

adlerdias commented on 2018-09-06 13:23 (UTC)

The package has been marked as outdated, but the maintainer must wait until 1.27.1 because of the bug:

https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/57982

halopro77 commented on 2018-09-02 04:03 (UTC) (edited on 2018-09-02 04:07 (UTC) by halopro77)

Bug: Dragging files and other draggable items causes complete lock Posted a bug in detail on https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/57766

Quick Note: this bug only happens when running code from /opt/visual-studio-code/code, and not the ones in /opt/visual-studio-code/bin/code and /usr/bin/code

Not 100% sure if this is a pkgbuild issue or not as I'm not too versed in pkgbuilds (not sure why there are two binaries in the first place?)

dcelasun commented on 2018-08-22 12:19 (UTC)

@clockface, if I understand that thread correctly, this affects a single key combination and the workaround is non trivial: It introduces a new dependency and even then it doesn't work for everyone. GTK 3.24 is scheduled for release in September, so I'd rather wait a few weeks for that.

But if you or anyone else can come up with a simple, non-invasive patch I'd be happy to take a look.

nobody11 commented on 2018-08-21 22:49 (UTC)

@dcelasun, any plans for a work around to this issue:

https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/48480

until gtk 3.24 is released

dcelasun commented on 2018-08-17 16:20 (UTC)

@LChris314 fixed, thanks!

LChris314 commented on 2018-08-17 16:17 (UTC) (edited on 2018-08-17 16:18 (UTC) by LChris314)

Thanks for the quick update! I suppose the following two lines should be removed from the PKGBUILD?

14 makedepends=(patchelf)
24 noextract=("glibc-2.27-3-${CARCH}.pkg.tar.xz")

dcelasun commented on 2018-08-17 15:50 (UTC)

Updated to 1.26.1, which removes the various glibc workarounds and replaces gtk2 with gtk3.

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