vscode-setup

Some small scripts and configurations I use to develop python code using VSCode

disable vim mode

Ctrl+K, Ctrl+V to toggle vim mode

Ansible setup

Running sudo ansible-playbook root_install.yaml will:

• install git, python3-pip, virtualenvwrapper, ipython
• install zsh, fzf
• install vscodium
• install Sourcetrail
• download (not install) Fura Mono Nerd Font and Fira Code

Running ansible-playbook user_install.yaml setting will:

• Install all the vscodium plugins that I use (see list below)
• create color and debug IPython profiles
• Install zsh-autosuggestions and zsh-syntax-highlighting
• Install zsh powerlevel10k theme

mkvscode_full-activate

• This script
• At the top of the script, venvs=`echo $HOME/.virtualenvs/*/` defines where to look for virtual environments, which by default is the virtualenvwrapper WORKON_HOME variable. If you want to change your virtual enviroment location, you have to change this path. However, the script assumes your virtual environment are all located under a common top directory:

/foo/bar/myproject/bin/activate
/foo/bar/http_requester/bin/activate
/foo/bar/scrapy/bin/activate
...

in this case, venvs=`echo /foo/bar/*/`

Useful vscode extensions

Git

• GitLens
• Git Merger
• Git Graph
• Git History
• Git History Diff

Markdown

• Markdown All in One
• Markdown Preview Enhanced

Python

• Microsoft Python extension
• autoDocstring

Other languages

• Microsoft Ansible extension
• Microsoft Docker extension
• Microsft yaml extension
• Kubernetes ipedrazas extension

Format/color

• TabSanity Navigate or modify soft tabs as if they were hard tabs (e.g. if tab=4spaces you can only move 4spaces back/fwd)
• Bracket Pair Colorizer 2
• Monokai Vibrant
• Color Highlight

Misc

• Shell launcher
• macros
• sourcetrail
• vscode icons

Keyboard shortcuts

• ctrl+shift+F5 -> Revert (Reload) File
• alt+Z -> Toggle word wrapping

Integrated terminal

• ctrl+shift+T -> Open a new terminal (shell launcher)
• ctrl+alt+J -> Toggle terminal
• ctrl+` -> Toggle between terminal and editor focus
• ctrl+k ctrl+shift+n -> Switch to next terminal
• ctrl+k ctrl+shift+p -> Switch to previous terminal
• ctrl+shift+N -> Switch to Nth terminal (N=1-9)

IPython

• F5 -> Write run 'path/to/script.py' into the terminal (assumes it's an IPython terminal)
• F9 -> Copy-paste selection into terminal
• Ctrl+J, Ctrl+Q -> Create a new line in IPython without executing
• Esc, Enter -> Execute current IPython cell now without having to scroll to the bottom
• Ctrl+Q -> Extract caller's enviroment to the IPython shell. Note that this it overwrites the predefined shortcut for exiting VSCode
• Customize text color
• Move ipython_config.py to ~/.ipython/profile_default/ipython_config.py (only newer IPython versions have syntax highlighting)

tmux

• Ctrl+B -> Ctrl+Shift+B Reassigns workbench.action.toggleSidebarVisibility to use tmux shortcuts
• Ctrl+K, U -> Keep unsaved and close saved files only
• Ctrl+K, W -> Whack and close (discard unsaved files)

vscode tricks

• Ctrl+K, Enter -> Keep current file from closing (italics means it's opened in preview mode and opening a new file will replace it)
• F12 -> Go to Definition
• Ctrl+F12 -> Go to Implementation
• Shift+F12 -> Go to References

refactoring

• F2 -> Rename symbol consistently with language syntax
• Right click
  • Extract method
  • Extract variable

vscode cheatsheet

Common shortcuts

• Ctrl+F -> Search
• Ctrl+H -> Search and replace
  • Enter -> Single replace
  • Ctrl+Alt+Enter -> Replace all
  • Alt+R -> Toggle Regex
• Alt+Ctrl+- -> Back
• Ctrl+Shift+- -> Forward

Snippets

• Ctrl+B, Ctrl+Q -> Extract caller's enviroment to the IPython shell.
• Ctrl+B, Ctrl+E -> from IPython import embed; embed()
• Ctrl+B, Ctrl+B -> Set Breakpoint with IPython embed()
• Ctrl+Shift+R -> Rerun: Reload all modules an run on IPython %load_ext autoreload %autoreload run

Fonts

• I use Fira Code, a monospaced font with programming ligatures.

Command Menu

• Open with Ctrl+Shift+P
• Terminal: Rename to rename current integrated terminal

Tricks

pylint

• To select the proper pylint path for your project, set .vscode/settings.json -> "python.linting.pylintPath": "cd /home/user/full/path/to/code && pylint"