If you just want a link to my version, it's here. If you want to survey your options, get onto, choose the Visual Studio Code tab and search for printing. Remote workspaces weren't even a thing until two years after maintenance ceased on PrintCode. Support is required for remote workspaces.īecause each instance of VS Code needs a different port for its embedded webserver, you can't just use a setting.When you print a markdown file, you probably don't want it printed like a text file when it can be rendered with fonts and proper headings and bullets etc.

Some people like to run multiple VS Code windows.This clashes with the way PrintCode works. The print dialog supports changing paper size and orientation.Many people want to be able to open a file, select a portion and print just the selection.The next biggest thing was learning to probe for an unused port, a problem that also afflicts PrintCode causing the browser to open showing no content. This also sorts out the mysterious disappearing line numbers problem, although I'm not sure why.

The biggest thing was figuring out the CSS required to respect print dialog paper size and orientation.

In the process I fixed all the known bugs, added everything on my wishlist and a couple of things suggested by others. So I pinched the idea of using a web-browser as platform driver for HTML printing - my hat is off to the PrintCode author for that cunning insight - and wrote my own. No programmer ever likes another's coding style. It's open source so I looked at the code and didn't like that either. In particular it depends on a specific paper size to wrap and as a result does not respond well if you change paper size or orientation in the print dialog.

I found the PrintCode extension inspiring but unfinished and with a number of flaws. Note that the repository for this extension was last updated in February 2018 with numerous issues outstanding. Now you can install addon for VS Code - search ' PrintCode'. It's currently in the backlog, so we can expect it soon. It is not yet available, but I found an issue report for that feature. I havn't found any hint on a print command. I want to send the file I'm currently editing to a printer, like I did in Notepad++ for example.

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