Add desktop entry

[mrBen]

Generally, when I want to open VS Code, I'm not in a terminal doing things in a toolbox. Instead, I'm browsing files or starting a project from scratch. In these situations, I don't want to open a terminal and type two commands just to open my editor.

To solve this problem, I created a .desktop file based on the flatpak one.

Then I realized that it would be a shame not to share, so here is my PR.

[owtaylor]

Could you explain this a bit more? If I open vscode from the launcher that the Flatpak installs, then it will, by default, open the last project - and if that was inside a toolbox, will open that. And if I want a different project that was inside a toolbox, then I can get to that from Open Recent.

The things that work poorly are:

A) If I open the launcher before opening any projects, then I get the raw inside-the-flatpak-sdk vscode.
B) Similarly "New Empty Window" action gives that

I suppose we could have another launcher that was "VSCode + Toolbox" that opened an empty window on the default toolbox, but I think that would be confusing to imply that "VScode" and "VSCode + Toolbox" were separate apps .

[mrBen]

Could you explain this a bit more? If I open vscode from the launcher that the Flatpak installs, then it will, by default, open the last project - and if that was inside a toolbox, will open that. And if I want a different project that was inside a toolbox, then I can get to that from Open Recent.

Oh, I never noticed that I could do that…

The things that work poorly are:

A) If I open the launcher before opening any projects, then I get the raw inside-the-flatpak-sdk vscode.
B) Similarly "New Empty Window" action gives that

Yes, B) is the main reason that prompted me create a specific .desktop entry.
But I also regularly open a folder from the file explorer, and "open with" the flatpak VS Code does not open the folder inside a toolbox, even if the last time I opened it was in a toolbox.

I suppose we could have another launcher that was "VSCode + Toolbox" that opened an empty window on the default toolbox, but I think that would be confusing to imply that "VScode" and "VSCode + Toolbox" were separate apps .

Yes, that’s the main problem with my solution, now I have two desktop entry for VS Code and it’s confusing and annoying to have both.