I have installed visual studio 2019 which works fine for c++ but unable to create folders and sections to store multiple code files. So thought of switching to visual studio code and followed all tutorials available on youtube and documentation. But Visual studio IDE has got nothing showing up when Run Build task is initiated, which is expected to show the c++ extension downloaded. Mingw64 is installed and checked in the terminal too.
no output or terminal opened on Run
compiler installation checked
From the image attached regarding no output in the terminal or terminal opened, it looks like the exe is made because it says 'Build finsihed succesfully'. You'll need to run this executable from the terminal.
For this, if youre in the same directory all you have to do is type the filename. helloworld.exe in the cmd, if its powershell, then ./helloworld.exe. (Also note that for exe files you dont need to explicitly mention .exe at the end of the file name)
The powershell method should work on cmd too.
And if youre not in the same directory as the executable, you can either change directory by typing cd path/to/file and proceed as above, or run directly by typing path/to/file/helloworld.exe. where path/to/file is the directory of your helloworld.exe file
I am realizing the hardest part in learning to code is knowing how to even ask the right questions..
ill try and word it as best i can. I also will attach a screenshot.
I am running code in the terminal through VS code... and there is just so many files being shown every time i run the code. There is white and blue text that seems like the same thing? It makes it hard for me to see whats going on. Is there anyway to shorten or completely remove it? it seems 100% useless for just running some basic code.
The
C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/shared/python37_64/python.exe
Is the Absolute path of the python executable.
And the
C:/PythonProjects/vscode/...../helloworld_start.py
Is the absolute path of the file that you are running.
Simple it is running
python helloworld_start.py
If you want to reduce this. You can simply open a terminal and change the directory to the current working directory and simply run the above command. This will use the relative path to run the helloworld_start.py file
First you need to add python to the Environment variables and then Open the terminal uin VSCode using Ctrl + ` and then cd to the current working directory and run python helloworld_test.py
Consider:
I just started with Angular. I installed angular/cli and added a project.
Now I want to use Visual Studio Code.
I open the Command Palette (Ctrl + Shift + P) and type 'shell command' to find the shell command: Install 'code' command in PATH command.
But I get this message
"No commands matching"
Why does it not exist?
With Windows it is installed by default so you don't need to add path. Just run " code . " in cmd and it will work fine
If in Visual Studio Code doesn't appear that option and the installation didn't add to the path directly, you can add the Visual Studio Code bin folder manually to the path and it starts to work.
Go to the Enviroment Variables and edit the Path user variable.
Inside of it, add a new variable with the current bin path of your Visual Studio Code installation.
Mine, for example, is "C:\Users\Inazio\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin"
After that, you can start to use the code command in your OS
I had this same problem. Long story short, I uninstalled VS Code, re-downloaded the installer package and ran that. Sure enough, one of the install screens has a checkbox option to add to the PATH variable and this option is unchecked by default.
Checked the box, finished the install, works fine.
Of course it's perfectly valid to modify the PATH variable after install, but I think it's important to clarify that (at least version 1.23.0) does not update PATH by default. Most of the threads I looked at says it does.
I fixed this just adding "C:\Users\myUser\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe" (where myUser is your windows user) without "" to system path.
same effect than " Shell Command: Install ‘code’ command in PATH ".
This works for me
For Windows users
Open Environment Variables
System > Advance system settings > Advanced tab > environment variables on system variables click on Path and click Edit and add new Path named
"C:\Users\Your-Username\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin"
For window users follow steps below and add new Path, after doing so restart your terminal you will get code command on your terminal
If you already have Visual Code into Windows path and in a terminal you put "code ." and Visual Code starts, what happens is that the command "code" is not linked to the path in wsl2.
All you have to do is run the following command changing your user:
sudo ln -s /mnt/c/Users/CHANGE_USER/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft
VS\ Code/bin/code /usr/bin/code
This works on Ubuntu and Debian.
it is already installed on Windows. You just have to make cmd path where the project created (e.g C:\WINDOWS\system32> cd C:\WINDOWS\system32\hello-world), then run the the comamnd "code ." like this (C:\Windows\System32\hello-world>code .)
I got this from VS Code documentation
the path has been set automatically when installing VS.But i noticed a difference between "code." and "code ." Can you see the difference? The second has space in between the code and the dot. Try that.
I was having the same exact problem and when i checked my PATH variable it said that the path was something\something\Microsoft VS Code . then i remembered my folder's name was Visual Studio Code.After I renamed it back everything works.
Go to Extensions and install Shell. On newer versions you can just type in Code . in CMD and it will pop-up.
Just open your command prompt and type:
cd hello-world
hello-world is the project name don't forget to change it then click (enter) and type
code .
Visual Code already have internal terminal window
Use the Ctrl+` keyboard shortcut with the backtick character.
Its supports all Ubuntu terminal commands
I know I can use command "code" to open VS code or file, but I don't know what should I do to make it possible after I install VS code in Ubuntu.Thanks.
Launching from the Command Line
You can launch VS Code from the command line to quickly open a file, folder, or project. Typically, you open VS Code within the context of a folder. We find the best way to do this is to simply type:
code .
Tip: We have instructions for Mac users in our Setup topic that enable you to start VS Code from within a terminal. We add the VS Code executable to the PATH environment variable on Windows and Linux automatically during installation.
Sometimes you will want to open or create a file. If the specified files does not exist, VS Code will create them for you:
code index.html style.css readme.md
Tip: You can have as many file names as you want separated by spaces.
Source: https://code.visualstudio.com/Docs/editor/codebasics
So, there are a couple of solutions for this.
I've linked a video that shows you how to add vscode to $PATH
(which didn't work for me because I couldn't find the "shell:install path" command)
I uninstalled the vscode from my ubuntu and re-installed using sudo snap install --classic code
(This method worked for me)
Tell me which one works for you... and if you have extensions installed to your vscode then i guess you ought to make a backup or something.
Link to the video: https://youtu.be/iP5FKZXtDBs
The question says it all.
How can I open VS Code editor from
windows cmd
linux and mac terminal
e.g. for notepad++ I write
> start notepad++ test.txt
By the way, the editor is awesome (cross-platform)! Thank you Nadella!
You can download it from microsoft
To open a file or directory use the command:
code /path/to/file/or/directory/you/want/to/open
For macOS users, it needs to be installed manually:
Launch VS Code.
Command + Shift + P to open the Command Palette.
Type shell command, to find the Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH and select to install it.
Restart your terminal.
Per the docs:
Mac OS X
Download Visual Studio Code for Mac OS X.
Double-click on VSCode-osx.zip to expand the contents.
Drag Visual Studio Code.app to the Applications folder, making it available in the Launchpad.
Add VS Code to your Dock by right-clicking on the icon and choosing Options, Keep in Dock.
Tip: If you want to run VS Code from the terminal, append the following to your ~/.bash_profile file (~/.zshrc in case you use zsh).
code () { VSCODE_CWD="$PWD" open -n -b "com.microsoft.VSCode" --args $* ;}
Now, you can simply type code . in any folder to start editing files
in that folder.
Tip: You can also add it to VS Code Insiders build by changing "com.microsoft.VSCodeInsiders". Also if you don't to type the whole word code, just change it to c.
Linux
Download Visual Studio Code for Linux.
Make a new folder and extract VSCode-linux-x64.zip inside that folder.
Double click on Code to run Visual Studio Code.
Tip: If you want to run VS Code from the terminal, create the following link substituting /path/to/vscode/Code with the absolute
path to the Code executable
sudo ln -s /path/to/vscode/Code /usr/local/bin/code
Now, you can simply type code . in any folder to start editing files
in that folder.
VS Code is a must have code editor for 2018
For Windows 10 users a lot is possible, the same way the Mac OS users type code . .
Look for you VS Code \bin folder path e.g C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\bin . The bin folder includes a file called code.cmd .
If you are not sure about what is your path, type where code.cmd, and then, copy it without the \code.cmd after the ...\bin.
Follow the steps below and be proud of the OS you use.
Search for "Advanced System Setting" from Start.
Click on Environment Variables.
On System Variables choose "path" from Variable tab and click on Edit.
Click on New on the right side of the popup window.
Copy your path from the Explorer's breadcrumb path and paste it into the new opened path in step 4, example:- C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\bin.
Click Ok on all the open windows to confirm changes and restart your cmd .
Go to your cmd and navigate to you working directory on server and type code . .
C:>cd wamp64\www\react-app> code . to open with VS Code on Windows.
Visual Studio Code also includes a command prompt (terminal) window and you can open one or more of them with:
Ctrl + ` on your keyboard.
Hope this helps some one like it did to many of us.
You can also run VS Code from the terminal by typing code after adding it to the path:
Launch VS Code.
Open the Command Palette (⇧⌘P) and type shell command to find the Shell Command: Install code command in PATH command.
Mac shell commands
Restart the terminal for the new $PATH value to take effect. You'll be able to type code . in any folder to start editing files in that folder.
For VS Code Insiders Windows users (vs code doc):
Add the directory "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft VS Code Insiders\bin"
at %PATH% environmental variable.
then go to the folder that you want to open with vs code and type:
code-insders .
Sometimes setting path from VS Code command palette does not work
Instead manually add your VS Code to your path:
Run in terminal
sudo nano /etc/paths
Go to the bottom of the file, and enter the path you wish to add
Hit control-x to quit. Enter “Y” to save the modified buffer.
Restart your terminal and to test echo $PATH. You should something similar
~ echo $PATH /Users/shashank/.nvm/versions/node/v8.9.2/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin
Next time, you navigate to your project folder from terminal
Enter:
code .
or
code /path/to/project
Source
In the case of Linux and Mac, you want to navigate to the directory that you extracted the VSCode files using the 'cd' command. For example:
cd ~/Downloads/VSCode
Then you start the application by running..
./Code
'Code' being the name of the executable.
If you have root access on the machine, you can configure the system to allow you to start VSCode from anywhere by linking it to /usr/bin, where links to executables are often stored.
sudo ln -s /path/to/VSCode/folder/Code /usr/bin/Code
You can now launch VSCode from anywhere by typing:
Code
For command line heads you can also run
sudo ln -s "/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin/code" /usr/local/bin/code
this will do the exact same thing as the Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH command feature in VSCode.
When installing on Windows, you will be prompted to add VS Code to your PATH.
I was trying to figure out how to open files with VS Code from the command line and I already had the capability - I just forgot I had already added it. You might already have it installed - check by navigating to a folder you want to open and running the command code . to open that folder.
In linux if you use code . it will open VS Code in the folder the terminal was in.
Using code . Filename.cs it will open in folder and open said file.
For linux Debian the below can be done
$ export PATH=$PATH:/usr/share/code
Then run it
$ code
$ code file.py
$ code workingdir
Open command line and type:
cd your_folder_path
code.cmd .
or
code.cmd your_folder_path
It will open your folder in Visual Studio Code.
Make Sure, you are inside the correct folder after executing "cd your_folder_path" command.
On Windows you can add the following path to the system environment variables.
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin
This works for Windows:
CMD> start vscode://file/o:/git/libzmq/builds/msvc/vs2017/libzmq.sln
But if the filepath has spaces, normally one would add double quotes around it, like this:
CMD> start "vscode://file/o:/git/lib zmq/builds/msvc/vs2017/libzmq.sln"
But this messes up with start, which can take a double-quoted title, so it will create a window with this name as the title and not open the project.
CMD> start "title" "vscode://file/o:/git/lib zmq/builds/msvc/vs2017/libzmq.sln"
typing "code" in dos command prompt worked for me
On Ubuntu the flatpak version seemed broken. I uninstalled it and downloaded the deb package right from Microsoft.
I use the following command to load a project quickly (in linux)
cd into the project cd /project
run command code pwd
similar steps can be used in other Os too.
In linux terminal you can just type:
$ code run
Windows:
Add code CLI path in a system environment variable.
in windows default code cli path is (username is you pc username)C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin
Then you can check it like this by taking your project folder and open new cmd and type code .
Step 1: create a .bat file with the name you want e.g vscode.bat
Step 2: Write your path to Visual Studio Code
Step 3: Save it in C:\Windows\System32 directory
**
C:
cd Users\Bino\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code
Code.exe**
Step 4: You can call visual studio code from any where by typing "vscode" which is the name of your bat file
This will work. This is your directory name "Directory_Name"
sudo code --user-data-dir="Directory_Name"
Other easyway to do it on mac is :go to Command Palette[ Shift ⇧+ Command (⌘)+P] and type :Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH
once installed: Shell command 'code' successfully installed in PATH.
Then you can use code from the terminal as well.
If you install VS CODE using snap. You will need to add /snap/bin in your PATH environment variable.
so - open your .bashrc or .zshrc
and add :/snap/bin in your PATH environment variable
reload terminal,
and than code comand will start it
A simple way is to go to your Project where you want to open it and type
code.cmd D:\PathTo\yourProject\MyProject
That's it. It will open your project in Visual Studio Code.
Delete old virtual environment and create a fresh virtual environment.
In a way I am reticent to add to the long list of answers. However, I searched this page for the word "portable" and came up empty. (And I did a full Stack Overflow search and also found nothing.) So I want to add this very specific answer for potential future searchers.
This answer is for if you installed VS Code in Portable Mode on Windows 10.
"Portable Mode" refers to what is described on the official VS Code web pages, which as of 21 January 2021 are found here: https://code.visualstudio.com. It does not mean the Visual Studio Code Portable project started/run by Gareth Flowers, or any similar project. (I am not saying anything bad about this or other projects - I have neither used nor evaluated.) If you are using one of those projects, you need to check with that project documentation/community - although this might work.
"Installing" VS Code in Portable Mode is downloading a .zip archive and extracting it locally wherever you want your VS Code "installation" to live. There is no actual installation or setup that is run, so there is no automatic adding of the code command to your PATH.
Answer
After extracting the Portable Mode VS Code files to the location of your choice, there should be a bin folder in that location. Copy the full path of that bin folder and add it to your System or User (your choice) PATH variable.
You should then be able to use the code command from PowerShell or CMD.
In linux you need to check first what is the name you your vscode binary file
When you get the binary file name check where it is by using this command :
whereis your_file_name
Go to the / (root) and go to bin and rename file with any name what you want to call it.
To rename : mv your_file_name your_changed_name
Now you can access vscode from any where in terminal
This works on Debian based Os definitely