Add font configuration options for the Debug Console

[joe-herman]

Background
I can barely fit 40 lines from the debug console on my 1080p screen. I appreciate the large and spacious font sizes, but I'm not blind yet and would like to see more.

Summary

• Have the debug console follow the existing editor font options such as editor.fontSize and editor.fontFamily.

OR

• Add configuration options for the debug console such as:
  • debug.console.fontSize
  • debug.console.fontFamily
  • debug.console.lineSpacing for space between lines, because right now it's gigantic.

Better naming conventions are welcome.

Windows 10, VSCode 0.10.6

[isidorn]

We have changed the default for january release so you should be able to see more.
To make this configurable is a feature request that is not on our immediate plan

[joe-herman]

@isidorn: Fair enough, thanks.
With that in mind, should this feature request be closed or remain open?

[isidorn]

We like to keep feature request open since people outside the team might jump on it or we might change priorities in the future

[stefc]

I also search for a setting of the fontFamily and fontSize on the debug-console!
Also in the case of C# programming I want to optional supress the
Loaded 'C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\1.0.1\System.Diagnostics.Debug.dll'. Cannot find or open the symbol file.
messages !

[hastebrot]

@stefc My temporary work-around is to use the Code Runner extension. This runs the code in the output console instead of the debug console. The output console font seems to use the editor font configuration.

You can also suppress the run and return code messages in the Code Runner extension setting the "code-runner.showExecutionMessage to false.

[stefc]

@hastebrot But 'Code Runner' ext. is more for script languages or? How it replace the F5 key that also builds the project ?

[hastebrot]

@stefc Yeah, I think it's rather for single files than for projects. But it's not restricted to script languages.

Anyway, it would indeed be nice to have the debug console using the editor font or a custom font option.

[isidorn]

This feature request is dependent on #11462
You can read up on more details there as to what is techincal required to achieve this

[Gruntfuggly]

I would also like to be able to set a different font for the debugger. Seems odd that it's not configurable in the same was as other windows? Could it not just use the same setting as the integrated terminal?