When you use Visual Studio Code on Windows, one handy feature is you can always call it from the command line by typing "code ." (without the quotes) in the folder where you want to work on. But when you try that on macOS Terminal, this is what you get: zsh: command not found: code Not to worry, the same feature can be had on macOS but it's just not installed by default. In order to … [Read more...]
How to Setup Visual Studio Code for Hugo Static Site Generator
Based on a few questions on how to setup an environment to edit content using Hugo, here's a few simple steps to follow if you want a quick and easy way to do it. Keep in mind, the beauty of using Hugo is that you are free to use any text editor you like. This is not the only way to do it but this will get you there fast if you don't have anything setup yet. Assumptions Hugo is already … [Read more...]
How to Reassign Column Selection Shortcut Keys in Sublime Text
Following the previous post on assigning a new keyboard shortcuts for column selection, this time we're going to the same thing in Sublime Text. As always, before you make any changes, make sure you backup everything. macOS (OSX) On the top menu, click on Sublime Text -> Preferences -> Key Bindings and a split screen will open. Using the same key combination as in the example … [Read more...]
How to Reassign Shortcut Key for Column Selection in Visual Studio Code
If you use column selection often in Visual Studio Code, you may find the default shortcut keys combination is a bit too much. By default, to make a column selection or multiple lines in the same horizontal cursor position, you need to press CTRL-SHIFT-ALT and either UP or DOWN arrow depending on the direction of your selections. Fortunately, you can always assign your own shortcut keys for … [Read more...]
How to Make Visual Studio Code Colorize Classic ASP Code
If you still have to do development with Classic ASP or VBScript and you want to use Visual Studio Code, you'll soon find out that even though the code editor was built by Microsoft, there's no language colorization support for ASP code by default. Fortunately, adding the feature can be done easily using Extensions. So here are the steps to do so: Launch Visual Studio Code and click on Go and … [Read more...]