Yes that's the point. If vscode didn't insist on installing potentially gigabytes of blobs then this wouldn't be necessary.
reply(I'm a vimmer anyway... And emacs is too bloated to fit too, conveniently.)
> And emacs is too bloated to fit too, conveniently.
replyIf you connect via ssh, you could use Tramp. It does not install emacs on the target, but instead use a somewhat permanent connection as a tunnel for most emacs commands (transparently). Works too with docker, podman, distrobox, etc,...
yep, it's a shame vscode doesn't do something similar and instead copies a huge runtime (evidently, multiple times?!?) onto unsuspecting hosts.
replySounds like a feature.
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