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Enable Advanced VSCode Settings

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
55/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
powershell, typescript, vscode

Research direction

Start with the settings definitions in package.json and review the issue image and proposed design for the settings intended to be advanced. Apply the advanced metadata to the relevant settings, then verify that the VS Code settings view separates them from typical-use settings.

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Description

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Prerequisites
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Summary

Flag settings such as additional EXE paths, debugging, etc. under Advanced to help clean up the view for typical use.

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Proposed Design

Add advanced per the JSON instructions to the settings in package.json

Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
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Forks
548
PR merge metrics
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Contributor guide

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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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