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cyberbiont / vscode-profiles

vscode plugin to easily manage multiple extensions / settings configurations
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Why symlinks #5

Closed IrishBruse closed 3 years ago

IrishBruse commented 3 years ago

I was wondering why you use symlinks for the profiles it seems like a really bad approach as if you don't have admin access to the computer you cant use this plugin also wouldn't an easier way and one that is kind of the "official" way be to disable extensions and then only enable them based on the current profile having users need to reload the editor is not so much of an issue as well the profiles are kindof ment to be related to projects so you shouldn't really need to change profiles in the same project. This is just me being curious i havent looking into how you would implement it. My main reason for annoyance is that at collage the pcs don't retain anything so i have to install vscode from the beginning and i cant run admin stuff it also would just nicer to the users if they could just install the plugin and not have to mess with cli everytime love the extension though it works exactly how i wanted

IrishBruse commented 3 years ago

It could also make it so using vscode build in sync would work as all extensions are installed just disabled by default

cyberbiont commented 3 years ago

The reason is that VS Code API simply does not allow to manage enabled / disabled extensions. Don't ask me why. This was my first thought when I devised the ways to implement profiles and it didn't work.

BTW, On Windows 10, you can create symlinks without admin rights if the developer mode is enabled on the machine. Though not sure if it will be of great help in your situation.

IrishBruse commented 3 years ago

image image They must have released it recently wonder if this could be of any use

cyberbiont commented 3 years ago

I doubt it. See this thread It seems like disabling extension via API was never implemented.

IrishBruse commented 3 years ago

Ah crap never mind then ah well thanks for making the extensions its great for keeping vscode clean :)