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open native terminal

Alexey Vakhrushev

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Open native terminal for vscode
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Open-native-terminal

You can open native terminal with any path, just click right button on your mouse, then select option called Open in native terminal (current folder) or Open in native terminal (root folder)

example

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Only for Unix (Linux OS and Mac OS)

Also we can add default terminal to settings.json

use "open-native-terminal.use-default-terminal" with your favorite terminal:

Linux

  • gnome-terminal,
  • konsole,
  • mate-terminal,
  • x-terminal-emulator,
  • etc...

Mac

  • Iterm,
  • Iterm2,
  • etc...

for example in settings:

settings

Note: if your terminal doesn't open, check the entered name and check that the needed terminal exists

for example in settings.json:

{
  Linux:

  "open-native-terminal.use-default-terminal": "mate-terminal",

  or Mac

  "open-native-terminal.use-default-terminal": "Iterm",
}
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