Visual Studio Code Installation

Table of Contents

1. Installation
2. Configuration
- 2.1. Edit Config
- 2.2. Install Extensions
3. Extension Configuration
- 3.1. Continue

1. Installation

Open the appropriate OS section:

Expand for Windows

Download the installer from here.

Expand for Rhel

Original install doc can be referenced here.

Steps:

Install the key and repo

sudo rpm --import https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc

Install the repo

sudo sh -c 'echo -e "[code]\nname=Visual Studio Code\nbaseurl=https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/vscode\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc" > /etc/yum.repos.d/vscode.repo'

Update the package cache
```
dnf check-update
```
Install
```
sudo dnf install code
```

Expand for Ubuntu

Original install doc can be referenced here.
If Snap is installed then:
```
sudo snap install --classic code
```

Expand for Fedora

If Snap is installed then:
```
sudo snap install --classic code
```

2. Configuration

2.1. Edit Config

Add the following to the VSCode settings file:

Open the config file for editing:
Unix Config File location
```
~/.config/Code/User/settings.json
```
You may need to create the folder first with:

mkdir -p ~/.config/Code/User
Windows Config File location
```
%APPDATA%\Code\User\settings.json
```

Add these key-value pairs:

New entries

    "workbench.sideBar.location": "right",
    "files.autoSave": "afterDelay",
    "window.titleBarStyle": "native",
    "asciidoc.preview.useEditorStyle": false,
    "workbench.colorTheme": "Visual Studio Light",
    "workbench.iconTheme": "material-icon-theme",
    "editor.codeLens": false

The key window.titleBarStyle entry will fix the SSH X11 forwarding Window Resize bug.

2.2. Install Extensions

AsciiDoc
C# Dev Kit
Continue (AI code assistant)
Docker
Draw.io Integration
Markdown Preview Enhanced
markdownlint
Material Icon Theme
PowerShell
Pylance
PyScript
Python
scriptcsRunner
SQL Server (mssql)
YAML

3. Extension Configuration

3.1. Continue

In the Primary Side Bar, click on the Continue Icon.
Click on the Assistants drop down button.
Click on the Local Assistant Config button to open the yaml config file.

Create a yaml config. Reference is here.:

Example yaml config file

name: Local Ollama Assistant
version: 1.0.0
schema: v1
models:
  - name: Ollama-Phi4
    apiBase: http://192.168.1.2:11434/
    provider: ollama
    model: phi4:latest
    roles:
      - autocomplete
      - chat
      - edit
      - apply
    defaultCompletionOptions:
      temperature: 0.3
  - name: Ollama-DeepSeek-R1-14b
    apiBase: http://192.168.1.2:11434/
    provider: ollama
    model: deepseek-r1:14b
    roles:
      - autocomplete
      - chat
      - edit
      - apply
    defaultCompletionOptions:
      temperature: 0.3
  - name: Ollama-DeepSeek-Coder-R2-16b
    apiBase: http://192.168.1.2:11434/
    provider: ollama
    model: deepseek-coder-v2:16b
    roles:
      - autocomplete
      - chat
      - edit
      - apply
    defaultCompletionOptions:
      temperature: 0.3
context:
  - provider: code
  - provider: docs
  - provider: diff
  - provider: terminal
  - provider: problems
  - provider: folder
  - provider: codebase