VSCode Config

Description:

So I have been using Cherrytree for a long time, but recently wanted to try out VSCode for everyday note taking. Here is where I will keep my VSCode Settings over time. I exported all notes to a directory. Then used powershell to bulk rename all .txt to .md - see here. After moving to VScode, I only needed to fix the themes for Markdown and I was good to go!

To Resolve:

1. Keyboard shortcuts

   • Ctrl+Shift+p - Brings up search menu

   • Basic
   • shift+alt+f - format code (best feature in vscode!!)
   • shift+alt+up/down - Copy line
   • ctrl+end - go to end of file/ ctrl+home - go to beginning of file
   • alt+z - toggle line wrap
   • ctrl+x - No selection / cut line - same for copy and ctrl+c

   • Ctrl+Shift+v - In the editor, this allows you see your markdown in another tab

   • Cursors
   • Ctrl+Alt+up/down - Insert cursor above/below
   • shift+alt+i - Insert cursor at end of each line selected

   • Alt+Click - Add new cursor

   • Find / Replace
   • Ctrl+Shift+f - This searches all files. Just remember to put ./_notes in the includes if you want to search by folder
   • Ctrl+Shift+h - Same but replace

2. Extensions (as of 2019-06):

   • For an up-to-date reference, check out my Settings.json here

   • Linux Themes for VS Code
     • Preferred theme - ‘Monokai Dimmed’
   • Markdown All in one
     • So that you can use shortcuts to like Ctrl+B to bold something
   • Markdown PDF
     • Print PDFs from .md files
   • Paste Image
     • Allows you to paste from clipboard using Ctrl+Alt+V
   • Powershell
     • Auto format code using Ctrl+Alt+F
     • Auto linting
   • Puppet
     • Auto linting
   • vscode-fileheader
     • Press Ctrl+Alt+i to insert a header to a file
   • vscode-icons
     • Preferred icon theme
   • Insert DateString
     • Adds date by Ctrl+Shift+i and full date by Ctrl+Shift+Alt+i

3. Extensions - Config

   • Configure vscode-fileheader

   "fileheader.tpl": "---\r\n@Author: {author}\r\n@Date: {createTime}\r\n@Last Modified by: {lastModifiedBy}\r\n@Last Modified time: {updateTime}\r\n---\r\n\r\n",
   "fileheader.LastModifiedBy": "Gerry Williams",
   "fileheader.Author": "Gerry Williams",
   

   • Now, when you press Ctrl+Alt+i you get the following at the top of your file:

   ---
   @Author: Gerry Williams
   @Date: 2019-06-03 13:26:12
   @Last Modified by: Gerry Williams
   @Last Modified time: 2019-06-03 13:26:12
   ---
   

4. settings.json (User/Workspace) - VS Code provides two different scopes for settings:
   • User Settings - Settings that apply globally to any instance of VS Code you open. This is the settings.xml file.
   • Workspace Settings - Settings stored inside your workspace and only apply when the workspace is opened. This is a *.code-workspace file.
   • Note: Workspace settings override user settings.
   • For an up-to-date reference, check out my Settings.json

5. keybindings.json - Preferences: Open Keyboard Shortcuts File (json)

6. Don’t forget - Create VSCode PS profile: Microsoft.VSCode_profile.ps1 in C:\users\username\Documents\WindowsPowershell