From b6b3b4833ac6db96f5d6d1b381d32c74d79ef622 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Fowler Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 12:55:17 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Updated VS Code Instructions (markdown) --- VS-Code-Instructions.md | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/VS-Code-Instructions.md b/VS-Code-Instructions.md index 8504183..32ddcc4 100644 --- a/VS-Code-Instructions.md +++ b/VS-Code-Instructions.md @@ -1,10 +1,14 @@ -Add `"editor.fontLigatures": true` to `settings.json`: +## Using the Settings Editor -![](https://code.visualstudio.com/images/January_editor-ligatures.png) +To open the settings editor, first from the `File` menu choose `Preferences`, `Settings` or use keyboard shortcut Ctrl+, (Cmd+, on Mac). +To enable FiraCode in the settings editor expand the "Text Editor" settings under "Commonly Used" and then click on "Font". In the "Font Family" input box type `FiraCode`, replacing any content. Tick the radio box "Enabled/Disables font ligatures" under "Font Ligatures" to enable the special ligatures. +## Manually Editing settings.json -To open `settings.json`, from the `File` menu choose `Preferences`, `Settings` or use keyboard shortcut Ctrl+, (Cmd+, on Mac). Then paste the following lines and save the file. +Visual Code allows you to also edit the underlying `settings.json` config file. First open the settings editor as described above, then click the "three dots" icon to to the right and select "Open settings.json" from the popup menu. + +Then paste the following lines and save the file. ```json "editor.fontFamily": "Fira Code", "editor.fontLigatures": true,