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Init Script

Bodil Stokke

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Load and run a configuration script when VS Code launches
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vscode-init-script

Because sometimes you just want to configure your text editor with a script.

About

This extension looks for a file called init.js or init.ts in your <code-config-path>/User folder, compiles it if it's a TypeScript file, and then loads it.

It expects your init script to export a function init(context: vscode.ExtensionContext), which it will then invoke. From here, you're free to interact with your Code instance through the extension API.

You can configure the location of your init script with the init-script.path setting. It will be relative to your user config folder (~/.config/Code/User or something similar but platform dependent), unless you give an absolute path, which can start with ~ to refer to your home directory. It should be the path to a CommonJS/ES6 module, which means it should not have a file extension. The default is, simply, init. It will prefer .ts to .js if it finds both.

Example

Here is a minimal example of what your init.ts script might look like:

import * as vscode from "vscode";

export function init(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
    const config = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration();
    config.update("workbench.editor.showTabs", false, vscode.ConfigurationTarget.Global);
    config.update("editor.minimap.enabled", false, vscode.ConfigurationTarget.Global);
}

Licence

Copyright 2019 Bodil Stokke

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

Code of Conduct

Please note that this project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.

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