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# Usage

## Table of Contents

- [Sign in with GitHub](#signin-github)
- [Accounts authentication](https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/blob/master/docs/accounts-authentication.md)
- [How do I run VSCodium in portable mode?](#portable)
- [How do I fix the default file manager?](#file-manager)
- [How do I press and hold a key and have it repeat in VSCodium?](#press-and-hold)
- [How do I open VSCodium from the terminal?](#terminal-support)
  - [From Linux .tar.gz](#from-linux-targz)

## <a id="signin-github"></a>Sign in with GitHub

In VSCodium, `Sign in with GitHub` is using a Personal Access Token.<br />
Follow the documentation https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token to create your token.<br />
Select the scopes dependending on the extension which needs access to GitHub. (GitLens requires the `repo` scope.)

### Linux

If you are getting the error `Writing login information to the keychain failed with error 'The name org.freedesktop.secrets was not provided by any .service files'.`, you need to install the package `gnome-keyring`.

## <a id="portable"></a>How do I run VSCodium in portable mode?
You can follow the [Portable Mode instructions](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/portable) from the Visual Studio Code website.
- **Windows** / **Linux** : the instructions can be followed as written.
- **macOS** : portable mode is enabled by the existence of a specially named folder. For Visual Studio Code that folder name is `code-portable-data`. For VSCodium, that folder name is `codium-portable-data`. So to enable portable mode for VSCodium on Mac OS, follow the instructions outlined in the [link above](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/portable), but create a folder named `codium-portable-data` instead of `code-portable-data`.

## <a id="file-manager"></a>How do I fix the default file manager (Linux)?

In some cases, VSCodium becomes the file manager used to open directories (instead of apps like Dolphin or Nautilus).<br />
It's due to that no application was defined as the default file manager and so the system is using the latest capable application.

To set the default app, create the file `~/.config/mimeapps.list` with the content like:
```
[Default Applications]
inode/directory=org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop;
```

You can find your regular file manager with the command:
```
> grep directory /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache
inode/directory=codium.desktop;org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop;
```

## <a id="press-and-hold"></a>How do I press and hold a key and have it repeat in VSCodium (Mac)?

This is a common question for Visual Studio Code and the procedure is slightly different in VSCodium because the `defaults` path is different.

```bash
$ defaults write com.vscodium ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
```

## <a id="terminal-support"></a>How do I open VSCodium from the terminal?

For macOS and Windows:
- Go to the command palette (View | Command Palette...)
- Choose `Shell command: Install 'codium' command in PATH`.

![](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2707340/60140295-18338a00-9766-11e9-8fda-b525b6f15c13.png)

This allows you to open files or directories in VSCodium directly from your terminal:

```bash
~/in-my-project $ codium . # open this directory
~/in-my-project $ codium file.txt # open this file
```

Feel free to alias this command to something easier to type in your shell profile (e.g. `alias code=codium`).

On Linux, when installed with a package manager, `codium` has been installed in your `PATH`.

### <a id="from-linux-targz"></a>From Linux .tar.gz

When the archive `VSCodium-linux-<arch>-<version>.tar.gz` is extracted, the main entry point for VSCodium is `./bin/codium`.