VsCode - Installation and configuration on Windows

Install

• Download and install Vscode

Configuration file backup

To backup your configuration file, create a symlink of your user configuration file to a backup-ed location (in this case dropbox)

Example:

SET VSCODE_BACKUP_CONF=C:\Users\gerard\Dropbox\config\VsCode
SET VSCODE_USER_CONF=C:\Users\gerard\AppData\Roaming\Code\User
mkdir %VSCODE_BACKUP_CONF%
mv %VSCODE_USER_CONF%\keybindings.json %VSCODE_BACKUP_CONF%
mv %VSCODE_USER_CONF%\settings.json  %VSCODE_BACKUP_CONF%
mklink %VSCODE_USER_CONF%\keybindings.json  %VSCODE_BACKUP_CONF%\keybindings.json
mklink %VSCODE_USER_CONF%\settings.json  %VSCODE_BACKUP_CONF%\settings.json

symbolic link created for C:\Users\gerard\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\keybindings.json <<===>> C:\Users\gerard\Dropbox\config\VsCode\keybindings.json
symbolic link created for C:\Users\gerard\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\settings.json <<===>> C:\Users\gerard\Dropbox\config\VsCode\settings.json

Terminal

• Install Cmder
• In VsCode - Settings

Ref doc

For:

• Git bash

"terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "c:\\cmder\\vendor\\git-for-windows\\bin\\bash.exe",
  "git.enabled": true,
  "git.path": "c:\\cmder\\vendor\\git-for-windows\\cmd\\git.exe",

• cmd

"terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "cmd.exe",
  "terminal.integrated.env.windows": {
    "CMDER_ROOT": "c:\\cmder"
  },
  "terminal.integrated.shellArgs.windows": [
    "/k c:\\cmder\\vendor\\init.bat"
  ],