diff --git a/doc/FAQ.md b/doc/FAQ.md index cc28c2e2..b59da2bf 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ.md +++ b/doc/FAQ.md @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ # FAQ - [Questions?](#questions) +- [How can I reuse my VS Code configuration?](#how-can-i-reuse-my-vs-code-configuration) - [What's the deal with extensions?](#whats-the-deal-with-extensions) - [Where are extensions stored?](#where-are-extensions-stored) - [How is this different from VS Code Codespaces?](#how-is-this-different-from-vs-code-codespaces) @@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ - [Isn't an install script piped into sh insecure?](#isnt-an-install-script-piped-into-sh-insecure) - [How do I make my keyboard shortcuts work?](#how-do-i-make-my-keyboard-shortcuts-work) - [Why can't I use VS Code's Remote extensions?](#why-cant-i-use-vs-codes-remote-extensions) +- [Why can't I use VS Code Live Share?](#why-cant-i-use-vs-code-live-share) - [Enterprise](#enterprise) @@ -32,6 +34,13 @@ Please file all questions and support requests at https://www.reddit.com/r/codes The issue tracker is **only** for bugs. +## How can I reuse my VS Code configuration? + +The very popular [Settings Sync](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Shan.code-settings-sync) extension should just work. + +To manually reuse, you can just copy `~/.vscode` into `~/.config/code-server` +and `code-server` will reuse your existing extensions and configuration. + ## What's the deal with extensions? Unfortunately, the Microsoft VS Code Marketplace license prohibits use with any non Microsoft @@ -263,12 +272,21 @@ For other browsers you'll have to remap keybindings unfortunately. Unfortunately, Microsoft has opted to make [VS Code's Remote SSH and Container extensions closed source](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-remote-release) and -it is against their TOS to use the published extensions so we are unable to -add them to our marketplace. +it is against their TOS to use the published extensions against anything other +than Microsoft VS Code builds so we are unable to add them to our marketplace. We may reimplement them at some point. You can subscribe to [#1315](https://github.com/cdr/code-server/issues/1315) for updates. +## Why can't I use VS Code Live Share? + +Unfortunately, Microsoft has opted to make +[VS Code's Live Share extension closed source](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/38733#issuecomment-388213016) and +it is against their TOS to use the published extension against anything other +than Microsoft VS Code builds so we are unable to add them to our marketplace. + +We may implement our own at some point. See [Collaboration](#collaboration). + ## Enterprise Visit [our enterprise page](https://coder.com) for more information about our