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I Wanna English

I Wanna English

HNRobert

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45 installs
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Auto switch input method in VSCode
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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I Wanna English

A VSCode Extension that enforces the use of English in the Editing view

Demo

IWE-Demo

Why?

It's really annoying when you wanna start coding happily, but the Input method prompt suddenly jumps out and says hello to you.

This plugin would more or less solve the problem: You would switch to English automatically the moment you get into the editing view, isn't it great?

How to use?

On Installing the Extension, you may go to the settings and find the following items:

To get started, you need to install im-select to help the extension switch the your input method before hitting the keyboard.

They are similar to those in the Vim Extension -- Yeah, literally the same...

After installing it, put the path of the executable in the settings using the following format:

Settings Demo

Then click the Enable option, and have fun coding!

(There is a testing function, type >I Wanna English: Test in the searching column above, and you will see the button)

PS: You can also replace English with any other language in the settings, as long as you like (易语言: ? (bushi)).

Meanwhile, if you want to disable this function for a while, you only need to:

  • Click the status bar icon
  • Use keyboard shortcut:
    • Windows/Linux: Ctrl+Alt+E
    • macOS: Cmd+Option+E

Manually install im-select

If you encounter issues with im-select or need to reinstall it, you can use the Manually install im-select command:

  1. Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P or Cmd+Shift+P).
  2. Type >I Wanna English: Manually install im-select and select the command.

This will attempt to install im-select automatically and update the configuration accordingly.

Compatibility

macOS & Windows

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