Visual Studio 1.79 emphasizes read-only for files, folders

The latest version of Microsoft’s code editor also offers automatic copying of external files, images, and video.

Visual Studio 1.79 emphasizes read-only for files, folders
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Visual Studio Code 1.79, published June 8 as the latest version of Microsoft’s code editor, features a read-only mode for specific files and folders in a workspace as a protective measure.

Also known as the May 2023 edition of the editor, developers can download the editor for Windows, Linux, or Mac from the Visual Studio Code website. With the read-only mode for the VS Code workbench, Microsoft notes that in some scenarios, it can be helpful to explicitly mark some files or folders as read-only. An example cited was a folder or file whose contents are being managed by different processes, such as the mode_modules folder managed by the Node.js package manager. Marking them as read-only can prevent inadvertent changes.

VS Code 1.79 also features automatic copying of external files. Developers who want to add an image or video into a Markdown document can drop or paste the file into their Markdown, instead of having to first manually copy the file into their workspace and add a link to it. If the file currently is not part of the workspace, VS Code automatically will copy the file into a workspace and insert a link to it. This also works with image data in the clipboard.

VS Code 1.79 follows last month’s VS Code 1.78 release. Other features in the new release include:

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