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Visual Studio Code Linux Desktop File
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code.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=Visual Studio Code
Icon=/home/dan/Apps/vsc/resources/app/vso.png
Exec=/home/dan/Apps/vsc/Code
Comment=Develop with pleasure!
Categories=Development;IDE;
Terminal=false
StartupWMClass=visual-studio-code
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Instructions.md

How to use

  1. Follow the linux documentation found here to install Visual Studio Code.
  2. Copy the contents of code.desktop to ~/.local/share/applications/code.desktop
  3. Change /home/dan/Apps/vsc in the code.desktop file to the location you extracted the application to.

This how only been tested by myself on ElementaryOS Freya.

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askldjd commented Jan 3, 2016

The StartupWMClass is wrong. The VSC windows aren't tracked under Gnome with this setup.

StartupWMClass=visual-studio-code should be StartupWMClass=code.

See https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/visual-studio-code/

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markxnelson commented Oct 9, 2019

Thanks, this worked great for me

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