Show HN: terminal-code – VS Code inside the terminal

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103 points | by robpruzan 4 days ago

18 comments

  • mkl 22 hours ago
    It uses the kitty graphics protocol, if you're wondering how it can look like that instead of being rendered with text characters.
  • jballanc 23 hours ago
    terminal-code has been replaced by a shell script which 1) Generates a syslog message at level LOG_EMERG; 2) reduces the user's disk quota by 100K; and 3) RUNS ED!!!!!!

    (adapted from the venerable "Ed, man! !man ed": https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.html)

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  • xyztimm 1 day ago
    But does it also run a terminal emulator inside, which runs terminal-code inside, which…
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  • kruskakli 1 day ago
    or just fake the layout using zellij, fzf and a little scripting... hehe https://github.com/etnt/my-zellij-config
  • kalamarico 3 days ago
    Hahaha!! This VScode ide definitely deserves it! Fantastic idea! You've my vote mate, good work!
  • vp_studio 15 hours ago
    This looks like an amazing idea - pretty much the first thing close to a reason why I would consider installing anything Microsoft related on my Linux.
  • anishvarghese 10 hours ago
    Really impressive work, does this terminal environment support standard VS Code extensions?
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  • DaOne256 1 day ago
    That's exactly what I am looking for several years. Because VSCode is a bit slow via RDP or X11 Remote. I will try it out when I'm back at work.
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    • RupertWiser 1 day ago
      Why not use vscode remote via ssh port forwarding? I just use it via my browser.
    • bip-bop-robot 1 day ago
      There is ssh extension and remote containers extension, they work together.
    • xienze 1 day ago
      You can run it directly from a web browser too.
  • _345 3 days ago
    How does it compare performance wise? Feature parity? Can you spawn shells in the terminal pane or is there no terminal pane and you're expected to being your own multiplexer?
  • felooboolooomba 23 hours ago
    Today is the day I realized that vscode started off as a clone of vim with smoke and mirrors.
  • Arshad-Talpur 15 hours ago
    though still needs some tweeks may be on design and function both sides but idea seems to be fantastic !
  • dat999zx 12 hours ago
    Haha cool idea dude. But why?
  • red_admiral 1 day ago
    This is coming dangerously close to reinventing the X (as in X11) protocol.
  • lostmsu 1 day ago
    I got excited that it's like TurboPascal, but this is basically VS Code over RDP (uses video streaming over kitty protocol).
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    • CrimsonCape 14 hours ago
      Wow, bloated electron app running over bloated graphics stack, tell me more...
  • gerdesj 1 day ago
    vscode server and links2 probably wont cut it 8)
  • justindotdev 1 day ago
    just use neovim :)
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    • mcbuilder 1 day ago
      `emacs -nw` with DOOM Emacs for me. :)
    • sevkih 1 day ago
      As a shell then rum terminal code inside
  • rvz 1 day ago
    Why?

    This just embeds electron and shoves it into the terminal instead of the native frontend.

    All the same downsides of Electron with practically little to no upside other than the same folks who ruined the web are now ruining the terminal.

  • chandramoulyKK 1 day ago
    Made me smile for sure!