Markdown files not openable because of GitHub Copilot · Issue #277450 · microsoft/vscode

Posted by lactranandev@reddit | programming | View on Reddit | 34 comments

You must click on the Copilot status bar, then click either "Set up Copilot" or "Skip for now".

Disable GitHub Copilot/reload/ Reload with extensions disabled won't help.

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ShadowIcebar@reddit

if llms would actually be useful, all the big companies wouldn't try to force them on everyone for free.

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Pharisaeus@reddit

They force them on users in order to acquire human-generated data for free. That's currently an extremely important commodity.

As for LLMs usefulness, if it was so good with writing code, then those companies would be firing their engineering teams and replacing them with AI agents. Instead they are actually hiring more...

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CherryLongjump1989@reddit

All that human data isn't worth the hundreds of billions they're spending on it.

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mccoyn@reddit

None of the developers of vscode caught this, so they must all be using copilot.

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petasta@reddit

They're useful. They are just far less useful than they need to be to make them financially viable, or to justify the current investment.

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Anyone have vscode replacement recommendations? Have been meaning to switch for several months now but haven't yet because it will be such a hassle. Have heard good things about Zed but haven't tried it myself yet.

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tmpbits@reddit

I wanted to try out Zed but the fact that it downloads binaries without your consent and with no option to disable made that a no go for me... https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/12589

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chat-lu@reddit

It also very much position itself as an AI editor so if that’s the reason you are moving away for VsCode, Zed doesn’t seem to be the answer.

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gareth@reddit

fwiw the built in ai stuff is really easy to ignore if you don't want it. i personally use zed with it all turned off and the only sign of it is a small 'sign in' button in the window header.

i wouldnt mind a pricing tier that's cheaper but without any token usage so i can send the project a few dollars, i dont want it to stop getting official support.

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winchester25@reddit

Woah, that's huge

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TheNamelessKing@reddit

By “binaries without your consent” they mean “the LSP for the language you’re using, unless you have it already”, which is functionally no different than what vscode extensions do.

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gmes78@reddit

but the fact that it downloads binaries without your consent and with no option to disable made that a no go for me

So do half of the VSCode extensions.

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KeyboardG@reddit

downloads binaries without your consent and with no opti

Zed is now another "shove Ai into everything for the investors" company unfortunately.

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micod@reddit

Emacs

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adamsdotnet@reddit

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=urcL86UpqZc

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winchester25@reddit

VSCodium if you want bloatless version of VSCode

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teleprint-me@reddit

I tried that. Theyre stuffing all of the core ai stuff into it while leaving it disabled. I hide all the icons, but still.

I'm ready to start building out my own editor. Even if its crappy.

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gmes78@reddit

Helix

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beephod_zabblebrox@reddit

i like helix, but its not a vscode replacement, its just a different editor.

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gmes78@reddit

VSCode isn't an IDE either.

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beephod_zabblebrox@reddit

okay? what does that have to do anything? notepad++ isn't an ide either

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gmes78@reddit

How is it not comparable to VSCode, then?

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beephod_zabblebrox@reddit

well it's only partially comparable. helix doesnt have extensions yet, it has modal editing, its not a graphical application... its definitely not a replacement

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beephod_zabblebrox@reddit

i like helix, but its not a vscode replacement, its just a different editor.

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KeyboardG@reddit

vscode replacement recommendations? Have been meaning to switch for several months now but haven't yet because it will be such a hassle. Have heard good things about Zed but haven't tried it

VS Codium is the Microsoft-less compilation on the open source parts of VS Code. Just note that DevContainers is part of the proprietary Microsoft layer. If you want your runtimes / sdks isolated it becomes more of a hassle.

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636C6F756479@reddit

VS Codium is to VS Code as Chromium is to Chrome, that is, all the crap is removed and just the open source stuff remains.

https://vscodium.com/

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