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I am using Ubuntu app inside the Windows 10. I am writing some programs inside the Ubuntu OS, able to edit the files through the Vim editor from terminal interface.

I am wondering if there is a way to open the files in Ubuntu through the interface friendly editor like Vs-code? It will be super cool. Like for example opening Vs-code in Windows and somehow configure it to access directories inside the Ubuntu system.

Let me know if you need any more specific details. Thanks

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Absolutely. In Windows VSCode, install either:

  • The "Remote - WSL" extension
  • The "Remote Development" extension pack, which includes the "Remote - WSL" extension, along with similar features for Docker and SSH.

Once you've installed that, from inside your Ubuntu instance, you can:

code .

... to open the current directory in VSCode. Or:

code filename

to open a particular file.

You can also start from inside VSCode, and open any of your WSL instances to browse the directory structure. You'll find an icon for this that looks like "><" stacked together at the bottom left of the status-bar. That's the "Open a Remote Window" tool.

Alternatively, Ctrl+Shift+P and type "remote" to get a list of the features available from those extensions.

This extension creates a server running inside Ubuntu with which VSCode communicates. It not only allows editing, but also connecting to debuggers in Ubuntu, etc.

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