[Visual Studio Code] Multiple commands not working with VSCode installed by nix-darwin

[Fr4nk1inCs]

Extension

https://www.raycast.com/thomas/visual-studio-code

Raycast Version

1.82.5

macOS Version

15.0.1

Description

I'm using nix-darwin (nix module for darwin) for my macOS environment management so it's a little different.

Basically, VSCode is installed into /Applications/Nix Apps/Visual Studio Code.app with two levels of symlinking (xxxxx below stands for a unique hash for every package in the nix eco-system):

• /Applications/Nix Apps -> /nix/store/xxxxx-system-applications/
• /Applications/Nix Apps/Visual Studio Code.app/ -> /nix/store/xxxxx-vscode-1.93.1/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app

Following commands on my machine failed to function:

• Open New Window:
• Install Extension:
• Commands:

I'm glad to provide extra info if needed.

Steps To Reproduce

1. Environment: As described in description.
   • VSCode installed in /Applications/Nix Apps/Visual Studio Code.app which is a symlink (in a symlinked directory)
2. Extension Config: No extra modification except command Commands enabled.
3. Run commands mentioned in description. (Open New Window, Install Extension, Commands)

Current Behaviour

As described in description.

Expected Behaviour

All commands function perfectly.

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[Fr4nk1inCs]

Currently the Open New Window command is done by executing some AppleScript: https://github.com/raycast/extensions/blob/7a8c6d2e5f45991a456af97841e5b40c80376703/extensions/visual-studio-code-recent-projects/src/open-new-window.ts#L7-L19

The same script can't find application "com.microsoft.VSCode" on my machine, although osascript did find application "Code":

$ osascript -e 'id of application "Code"'
com.microsoft.VSCode

Another issue with this script is that if there's a language pack (Simplified Chinese for example) installed in VSCode, the menubar item is not displayed in English, making this script failed to click the New Window button.

A possible way to open a new window is to use the command line argument -n or --new-window provided by VSCode (and VSCodium/Cursor):

$ code --new-window

But this would encounter the same problem (to find to executable code) which the Install Extension command has met. Maybe add a configuration item to let user set the executable path if VSCode is not installed by a "standard" procedure?