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[SUGGESTION] Specify command line arguments to launch VSC from Unity as a script editor

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Description

Type: Feature Request

I selected VSCode as a script editor in Unity. I also added a custom arguments lile so:

Image (before enabling extension)

the reason being I don't want everything .net-related to run when just opening vscode and I want to keep a separate set of extensions specifically for Unity.

Now I also want to benefit from Visual Studio extension (com.unity.ide.visualstudio) in Unity but installing that no longer lets me add arguments like --profile.

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I want the best of both worlds.

Extension version: 1.1.1
VS Code version: Code 1.99.3 (17baf841131aa23349f217ca7c570c76ee87b957, 2025-04-15T23:18:46.076Z)
OS version: Darwin arm64 24.4.0
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