Code Editor Setup

$VS Code$

I’ve tried several tools like Neovim, Zed, Cursor, and JetBrains editors. They’re all powerful, but given my needs and minimalist approach, VS Code remains my favorite editor. My second choice is Zed, which is still in development but might take the top spot soon.

Visual Studio Code - VS Code

VS Code

Visual Studio Code is a lightweight yet powerful source code editor developed by Microsoft.

It comes with several built-in features that work without requiring additional extensions, including support for Docker, Git, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, JSON, Markdown, YAML, and more.

VS Code Extensions

With extensions, you can add languages, debuggers, and tools to customize your setup and enhance your development workflow.

Live Preview

Live Preview allows you to preview static web projects within the editor or in an external browser.

LaTeX Workshop

$LaTeX Workshop$

LaTeX Workshop provides essential features for LaTeX typesetting.

Python

The Python extension adds editing and debugging support for Python.

C/C++

The C/C++ extension adds editing and debugging support for C/C++.

rust-analyzer

Rust

rust-analyzer provides editing support for Rust.

Setting up VS Code via Mac-Setup CLI

bash <(curl -fsSL raw.githubusercontent.com/marcosborgesphd/mac-setup/main/install) vscode

Setting up VS Code manually

Set up Homebrew environment

Paste that in the terminal prompt:

if [[ "$(/usr/bin/uname -m)" == "arm64" ]]; then
    HOMEBREW='/opt/homebrew' # ARM
else
    HOMEBREW='/usr/local'    # Intel
fi
eval "$(${HOMEBREW}/bin/brew shellenv)"

Install VS Code
Terminal window
```
brew install visual-studio-code
```
Add VS Code command to the terminal

You can run VS Code from the terminal by typing code after adding it to the PATH. Remember to restart the terminal afterward.
Terminal window
```
SOURCE='/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin/code'
TARGET='/usr/local/bin/code'
sudo ln -snf "${SOURCE}" "${TARGET}"
```

Set VS Code as the default Git editor, diff, and merge tool

git config --global core.editor 'code --wait'

git config --global diff.tool vscode
git config --global difftool.vscode.cmd 'code --wait --diff $LOCAL $REMOTE'

git config --global merge.tool vscode
git config --global mergetool.vscode.cmd 'code --wait $MERGED'

Install Live Preview extension

code --install-extension ms-vscode.live-server

Install Python extension

code --install-extension ms-python.python

Install C/C++ extension

code --install-extension ms-vscode.cpptools

Install rust-analyzer extension

code --install-extension rust-lang.rust-analyzer

Install LaTeX Workshop extension

code --install-extension James-Yu.latex-workshop

Backup your VS Code settings

If needed, you can recover your VS Code settings from ~/Downloads/settings.json.
Terminal window
```
cp "${HOME}/Library/Application Support/Code/User/settings.json" "${HOME}/Downloads"
```

Update your VS Code settings. Copy and paste that in the terminal

SETTINGS="$(cat <<'EOF'
{
    "window.newWindowDimensions": "maximized",
    "window.title": "${folderPath}",

    "workbench.activityBar.location":"bottom",
    "workbench.startupEditor": "newUntitledFile",

    "extensions.ignoreRecommendations": true,
    "telemetry.telemetryLevel": "off",

    "editor.fontFamily": "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font",
    "editor.fontSize": 14,
    "editor.rulers": [80, 120],
    "editor.minimap.enabled": false,

    "terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font",
    "terminal.integrated.fontSize": 14,

    "files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true,
    "files.associations": { "*.mdx": "markdown" },

    "latex-workshop.latex.recipe.default": "Latexmk (LuaLaTex)",
    "latex-workshop.latex.outDir": "./build",
    "latex-workshop.latex.recipes": [
        { "name": "Latexmk (LuaLaTex)", "tools": ["latexmk (lualatex)"] }
    ],
    "latex-workshop.latex.tools": [
        {
            "name": "latexmk (lualatex)",
            "command": "latexmk",
            "args": [
                "-lualatex",
                "-shell-escape",
                "-synctex=1",
                "-interaction=nonstopmode",
                "-output-directory=./build",
                "%DOC%"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
EOF
)"

echo "${SETTINGS}" > "${HOME}/Library/Application Support/Code/User/settings.json"