Customize VSCode to use a console emulator instead of the command prompt

Question

Can I customize VSCode to use a console emulator instead of the command prompt?

I want to use something like conemu, but don't want to use "force conemu as default terminal for console applications" setting in conemu.

It has a specific warning "enabling this option may cause false alarms in antiviral programs", and I'm on my work computer.

Actually, there were no DefTerm specific false alarm reports yet. — Maximus, Oct 27 '15 at 21:44
Also using ConEmu (big thanks for it btw!) at work here with the option to force it as default terminal and it works great so far :) — Benjamin Pasero, Oct 28 '15 at 09:00

ViZeke · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-16T20:26:31.163

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They have just implemented this feature:

You'll have the externalTerminal.windowsExec and externalTerminal.linuxExec user settings, where you can define what console emulator to use.

In my case, I'm on windows using conEmu. My user settings (settings.json) are configured like follows:

{
    "externalTerminal.windowsExec": "conEmu64.exe"
}

EDIT: It's already available in the stable version.

edited May 16 '16 at 20:26

answered Apr 07 '16 at 19:25

ViZeke

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Please note that they have changed the setting to "terminal.external.windowsExec" – Hoppe Nov 11 '16 at 18:19
This doesn't work properly. Specifically, it doesn't allow you to pass in command-line parameters to reuse the existing instance or change to a specific working directory. Thankfully there's a plugin called "ConEmu Launcher" that does the trick. – kiddailey Nov 01 '18 at 21:54

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 17 '15 at 13:45

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I just wrote a simple extension that overrides key binding Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+C with command console.open defined by this extension.

It's not working with "Open in Command Prompt" context menu item though.

answered Dec 17 '15 at 13:45

vilicvane

I read this and your blog post. Just what file do I make the JSON changes to? – Hoppe Jan 04 '16 at 15:04
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@Hoppe Your user settings. Try `Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+P` and enter "user settings". – vilicvane Jan 04 '16 at 16:01

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