Pistonite VM

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Visual Studio Code ​

VS Code is good for organizing files and has better performance in lower-end devices.

Installation ​

  1. Download the ZIP from https://code.visualstudio.com/Download and put it in Downloads
  2. Set the version for scripts
    powershell
    $version="1.94.2"
  3. Extract the ZIP to dotbin
    powershell
    7z x -y ~/Downloads/VSCode-win32-x64-$version.zip "-o$HOME/dotbin/extra/portable/vscode"
  4. Configure link
    powershell
    Add-Content -Path ~/dotbin/extra/portable/link -Value "shim:vscode/bin/code.cmd"
sudo dotbin-link
  5. Create Portable Data Directory
    powershell
    mkdir -p ~/dotbin/extra/portable/vscode/data
  6. Verify the installation
    powershell
    code --version

Configuration ​

Launch VS Code:

powershell
code

Font ​

Open Settings, search for terminal.integrated.fontFamily, and change to Hack Nerd Font

Terminal Profile ​

Search for terminal.integrated.profiles. Under Windows, select "Edit in settings.json".

Delete the auto-generated profiles, and add the PowerShell 7 profile as follows:

json
"terminal.integrated.profiles.windows": {
    "PowerShell": {
        "path": [
            "${env:USERPROFILE}\\dotbin\\extra\\portable\\pwsh\\pwsh.exe",
        ],
        "args": ["-NoLogo"],
        "icon": "terminal-powershell"
    }
}

Save and close settings.json. Then change terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.windows to PowerShell