VS Code execute current line or selection to in the integrated console

Question

This old Emacs user, who is used to elpy, is attempting to move onto VSCode with Scala & more specifically Ammonite repl.

I used Ctrl+' to open the integrated terminal & all I have to do is type amm on the bash shell (ubuntu) to open the repl; however, I still miss being able to send the either the line or selection from the editor to integrated shell with Ctrl+Enter.

I guess this means a bit of coding. Where can I start? Has anyone accomplished similar?

Thanks much,

Answer 1

If you already have your terminal and REPL open, there is a built in command called "Run Selected Text in Active Terminal" / workbench.action.terminal.runSelectedText.

It has no default keybinding, so you need to set it yourself. Something like this would work:

{
  "key": "ctrl+enter",
  "command": "workbench.action.terminal.runSelectedText",
  "when": "editorTextFocus && editorHasSelection"
}

Answer 2

Actually, I found that adding VSCode Macros extension does the job:

I just changed settings.json:

{
    "window.zoomLevel": 1,
    "editor.fontSize": 11,
    "terminal.integrated.fontSize": 11,
    "macros": {
        "execCurLn": [
            "cursorUp",
            "expandLineSelection",
            "workbench.action.terminal.runSelectedText",
            "cancelSelection"
        ]
    }
}

and added (1st part is pure @kwood & thank u again) to keybindings.json

   {
        "key": "ctrl+enter",
          "command": "workbench.action.terminal.runSelectedText",
            "when": "editorTextFocus && editorHasSelection"
    }
    {
        "key": "ctrl+enter",
          "command": "macros.execCurLn",
            "when": "editorTextFocus && !editorHasSelection"
    },
{ "key": "ctrl+`", "command": "workbench.action.terminal.focus"},
{ "key": "ctrl+`", "command": "workbench.action.focusActiveEditorGroup", "when": "terminalFocus"}

Answer 3

Open the command palette with CTRL+SHIFT+P and look for Terminal: Run Selected Text In Active Terminal. On the left you will see the key binding or a wheel engine to set the binding.

Answer 4

follow another post VS Code move to next line on run ctrl + enter, to run current line then cursor down, avoiding running next line unexpectedly

in settings.json, add

"macros": {
    "pythonExecSelectionAndCursorDown": [
        "python.execSelectionInTerminal",
        "cursorDown",
    ]
} 

in keybindings.json, add

{
    "key": "ctrl+enter",
      "command": "macros.pythonExecSelectionAndCursorDown",
        "when": "editorTextFocus && editorLangId == 'python'"
},