microsoft / microsoft/vscode-markdown-notebook
Unable to open 'README.md': Cannot open notebook of type 'markdown'.
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- TypeScript
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Description
Following instructions leads to the same repeated issue, "Unable to open 'README.md': Cannot open notebook of type 'markdown'."
Restarting VS Code does nothing.
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Research direction
Reproduce the reported failure in VS Code by following the issue's instructions and opening README.md. Investigate the extension's notebook handling and determine whether the error still occurs; done means README.md opens successfully as a markdown notebook without the reported message.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100