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Scribble

Scribble

Lorenz Gillner

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A Geany-like scratchpad for VS Code
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Scribble

Take notes in VS Code, just like in the Geany IDE:

"Scribble" area in the Geany IDE

This extension adds a (bottom) panel to the VS Code UI that mimics the functionality of Geany's "Scribble" feature:

Extension screenshot

Why?

Because it's a neat little feature that I've been missing in VS Code after switching over from Geany. And apparently I'm not the only one: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/58774.

Commands

Currently, the plugin exposes the following command(s):

Command Description
Save scribble Save scribble contents to disk
Copy scribble Copy scribble to clipboard

Building from source

git clone https://github.com/lorenzgillner/vscode-scribble
cd vscode-scribble
npm install      # install dependencies
npm run release  # build the VSIX package
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