Support launching VS Code from Bash on Ubuntu on Windows

[sujaysarma]

• VSCode Version: Unpacked and installed "code_1.5.3-1474533365_amd64.deb"
• OS Version: Windows 10 with WSL, latest patched.

Steps to Reproduce:
(NOTE: I am running Xming on my Windows 10 host, and have "export DISPLAY=:0" set in my .bashrc file)

1. Open Bash on Ubuntu on Windows
2. Type "code" and press ENTER.

Expected result:
Code launches in a GUI window.

Actual result:
Absolutely nothing happens. There is no output. The prompt just returns in a couple of seconds.

[Tyriar]

We don't support this at the moment.

[sujaysarma]

In that case, would be good if some message was output to the console window rather than silence.

[Tyriar]

@sujaysarma code --verbose should give you some info

[sujaysarma]

Have you tried --verbose? This is what I see (see attachment)... Tell me how this is supposed to let someone know that it is "not supported"? What would be meaningful is a message like "Code is not supported to run on your OS/platform/configuration".

[Tyriar]

@sujaysarma vscode has a relatively small team compared to the size of the product, we simply do not have the people to cover every single edge case. I looked briefly at support for Bash on Ubuntu in the past and came to the conclusion that it is not worth the effort right now while it's so new.

The output from --verbose gives you some information about why it is not starting as I said, you can look into it here if you're interested.

[MathiasMagnus]

+1

[jonomacd]

+1E99

Support for this such that vscode uses the bash terminal for everything would be great. I don't want to see, touch or smell the windows terminal. Every shell out directed to bash for windows please.

[csholmq]

@jonomacd You can use the integrated terminal with bash using "terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:/Windows/sysnative/bash.exe"