Amazing Updates in VS Code 1.86 (January 2024)
Rudolf Olah
Posted on February 15, 2024
Version 1.86 of VS Code has some very nice updates:
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Say "Hey Code" and initiate a Copilot Chat!
- The voice recognition is local and doesn't send anything to any server
- The chat can start within the chat view, the quick chat control, and the inline chat in the editor
- View multiple files in the diff editor: see all changes in one scrolling view
- Zoom the terminal with the mouse wheel: handy when you're screen-sharing and need to zoom in
- Paste a link and it turns into a Markdown link: select text, paste the link, annnnnnnnd, you're done! It's Markdown link with the correct formatting. This saves a bit of time if you're writing a blog post in Markdown for example!
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Remote Development updates
- Create a
devcontainer.json
in your user data: The advantage of this is that you won't overwrite any devcontainer in the workspace and won't have an outgoing change. - Specify build options for Docker images in
devcontainer.json
- Create a
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Rudolf Olah
Posted on February 15, 2024
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