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Visual Studio Code for outlining and CRIMPing
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Posted by Paul Korm
Feb 19, 2018 at 09:55 PM
Visual Studio Code (or VS Code), from Microsoft, has been mentioned here before in different contexts. I recommend it as a great CRIMP, for anyone looking for a change. Numerous features recommend VS Code—here are just a few:
(a) it’s free;
(b) the markdown/multi-markdown extensions are great;
(c) it can browse folders in the library sidebar
(d) multiple windows can be opened on the same document
(e) compare documents is built in—no need to launch another app
(f) just for Bill— many extensions (esp. markdown) support folding
The UI is very geeky and also very customizable.
Have fun
Posted by MadaboutDana
Feb 19, 2018 at 10:49 PM
I was about to come back with a smart-aleck reply, but then I thought to check - and yes, VS Code does run on macOS (and on Linux, as a matter of fact).
Hot damn! CRIMPing ahoy!
Thanks, Paul!
Bill
Posted by Karthik
Feb 20, 2018 at 04:19 PM
And for those who code, VS Code is possibly the best balance of power between a routine text editor and a full blown IDE. The open source editor, Atom, built by the guys at GitHub comes close, but is slower. It has a huge list of extensions too.
Posted by washere
Feb 20, 2018 at 11:57 PM
Top few IDE packages have great code editors but they are heavy and slower and diff class of beasts. They are great for using classes/libs, debugging and catching values etc. Then there are the top best txt editors, much lighter, some of which do fold/unfold text. In between these two 2 genres are code/text editors which are sort of middle weight contenders.
I think I said a few months ago MS VS Code is my 3rd top fave in this genre. Stick a good black or dark theme on it and learn keyboard shortcuts and you are off to the races. 2nd fave in this class for me is still Atom. Slightly slow to load, granted, but once running it is not slow(er). Why better than MS VS Code? Because it has more plugins, aka packages in Atom & aka extensions in VS Code. Most by independent devs and increasingly by companies too. But both are pinned in my Win taskbar. Used for diff genres of work, folder pane on the left & black themes, as in my #1 choice. Which still is Sublime Text 3 which is not free but it is probably the number one choice with many. Be it for coding or complex text, regular expression, etc.
In all 3 call up the command center (diff names in each):
CTRL + SHIFT + P
Try typing fold, or unfold, or theme or whatever comes to your mind. You’ll be surprised to see what plugin pops up for each in these top 3.
https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-tips-and-tricks
Posted by Karthik
Feb 21, 2018 at 05:56 AM
Yes SublimeText is very fast. Somehow VS code looks slicker.