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| author | Bradley Taunt <bt@btxx.org> | 2024-06-06 08:05:12 -0400 |
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| committer | Bradley Taunt <bt@btxx.org> | 2024-06-06 08:05:12 -0400 |
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diff --git a/posts/vscode.md b/posts/vscode.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..289d8ce --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/vscode.md @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +# Running VSCode in Chromium on OpenBSD + +2023-06-05 + +VSCode and its many variations are not available on OpenBSD. This doesn't cause issue with many OpenBSD users, but those making the jump from Linux might miss access to such a popular editor. Lucky for us, there is a *hacky* workaround to solve this problem. + +## VSCode in the Browser + +I tried my best to build something like `code-server` locally and run that directly in my browser - but I failed miserably. Instead, I fell back on [vscode.dev](https://vscode.dev) which is essentially a remote version of `code-server`. + +Getting things to work seamlessly proved a little more challenging. I found the best performance was running everything through Chromium with special parameters enabled on launch. + +> **Note:** The following assumes you have already installed `chromium` + +First we need to disable [unveil](https://man.openbsd.org/unveil.2) for Chromium. This will allow us to access our system files through [vscode.dev](https://vscode.dev) using the "Open folder..." or "Open file..." commands without issue: + +``` +chrome --disable-unveil +``` + +Everything should work pretty solid right out the box now - except it doesn't. Syntax highlighting does not work without enabling WASM/WebAssembly. Your experience might be different, but I had to include the following when launching Chromium from the terminal: + +``` +ENABLE_WASM=1 chrome --enable-wasm +``` + +Success! We can avoid typing out these complex commands everytime we want to launch our editor by setting up an `alias` (in my case via `.zshrc`): + +``` +alias vscode="ENABLE_WASM=1 chrome --enable-wasm --disable-unveil" +``` + +That's it! Now I can just pop open VSCode on OpenBSD by simply running `vscode` in my terminal. Hopefully this can help others slowly transition over to OpenBSD - which you should do because it is amazing!
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