With the new VSCode Terminal, there’s data loss from output, as the lines are truncated. This makes the experience, well, limited, as we cannot get the full output.
Example below. If there was a lab where I needed to look at the output for troubleshooting, I couldn’t do it easily with this terminal, I would have to redirect to a file. Maybe give us directly public IP terminal, then we can drop in a public key and log in from our desktop. Terminal in VSCode in a small div tag in a web browser isn’t cutting it.
I’m not sure the VSC terminal is that different from any other similar sort of ansi-like terminals, but for cases like this, you can redirect output into a file, and use vim (inside the terminal) to root around in the file. You can also use the regular text windows to view the file, which allows you to do things like line wrapping and regex searches. This may not be ideal, but it does get the job done.
It extends to the right, and you can scroll to the right, or it word wraps.
With VSCode, it gets truncated and you lose the data.
Have you tried redirecting to a file? The issue here reminds me of the behavior of some of the screens systemctl status puts up. It’s not hard to work around.
I know how to use file redirect to work around the issues. The problem though, if you desire people to have a negative bad experience, then by all means continue along.
When looking at quality issues, you have to use the forgotten art of both verification and validation†. Sure, if functionally works (verification), one can do the feature, but is it effective (validation)? How effective is the experience, and do people have a negative experience that detracts from the experience (UX).
† Before (fr)Agile, there were common industry standards on quality from IEEE that were widely adopted. Software verification and validation | IEEE Conference Publication | IEEE Xplore
I hear your frustration. But it’s a drop-in web UI created by MS, so it’s not a simple ask. As is always true in this sort of thing, there are trade-offs.
Most certainly. I am starting to get used to it. I am liking the highlight and eating the controls to facilitate copy/paste.
