microsoft / microsoft/vscode-remote-release
Support $BROWSER environment variable to open local browser
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Description
Some commands open a browser to show the contents on the internet. ex. hub supports to open the github resources like hub pr show <PR_NUMBER>. It opens specified pull request on the browser.
VSCode remote supports to open remote content by code command on the remote terminal. Maybe the command tells to open the file to vscode-server process, and vscode-server tells connected local vscode, and open the content on the local vscode.
So, please provide the command like code-web-browse to open local web browser to set $BROWSER environment variable on the remote.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing how existing remote commands open web content and how the proposed code-web-browse entry point could use the $BROWSER environment variable. Confirm the expected behavior for SSH, containers, and WSL, then verify that a remote invocation opens the requested URL in the connected local browser.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- vscode
- Domain
- desktop, devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100