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Chaz Ashley
Chaz Ashley

Reputation: 409

How to change default integreated terminal in VS Code to kitty, on Linux?

I'm using kitty (it's a terminal) on Linux, and I want it to be used in VS Code as default terminal (which appears when I click Ctrl+`). Right now VS Code uses its own terminal with name "vscode".

I tried modifying settings by adding there "terminal.external.linuxExec": "/usr/bin/kitty" but it didn't help.

When I click Select Default Profile it only allows me to choose between zsh and bash.

How do I change default terminal to kitty?

UPDATE: I've added kitty profile like so

"terminal.integrated.profiles.linux": {
    "bash": {
      "path": "bash",
      "icon": "terminal-bash"
    },
    "zsh": {
      "path": "zsh"
    },
    ... other profiles

    "kitty": {
      "path": "/usr/bin/kitty"
    }
  },

But when I choose kitty now, it opens the terminal outside of VS Code.

Upvotes: 10

Views: 5049

Answers (1)

Ishan Sinare
Ishan Sinare

Reputation: 11

I do not think that's a thing, u have a shell in linux in which u execute commands the terminal, to my knowledge is simply a sort of runner to work the shell, so i know that u can either switch to zsh or bash, like zshell or bash or fish or dash

U can just switch your default shell as well, so that u can just use your aliases in the codeoss terminal, first do 'echo $SHELL' then u'll get your current shell, (/usr/bin/zsh, /bin/zsh, /bin/bash, /bin/dash) then just do 'cat /etc/shells' you'll get a list of all installed shells and u can just choose whichever u want to switch to, then just do 'chsh' it'll ask which shell nd just enter /bin/ and u'll be done, that should also change the shell in VScode and now all your aliases should be useable, in case of compatibility errors with script generally zsh scripts and bash scripts work with each other, i dont hv experience with others. thank u

Upvotes: 1

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