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title: Wikipedia Link slug: wikipedia-link description: Today I learned how to publish VSCode Extensions. <!--- authors:
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Today I learned how to publish VSCode Extensions.
As is often the case, I was just trying to sync up my environments so that I could work seemlessly between the desk and couch when I wound up down the rabbit hole of typescript errors and configuration. Years ago I modified an exsiting extension, which was originaly inspired by a fella named Arian Wasi in Bangladesh[^1], so that I could more easily reference Wikpedia pages without having to leap between the browser and editor.
I noticed that when starting to sync my codespaces that I didn't have access to the extension which is when I remembered that it's only at my desk. So I whipped it into shape an published it on the Microsoft Visual Studio Marketplace[^2] so that I'd have it available everywhere[^3].
It works like this... let's say Wikipedia - I just highlight the word and hit a keyboard shortcut to automatically look it up and link to it. It uses the Wikipedia Search API for the lookup and sometimes I just use it for note taking. When I'm unsure of the meaning or history of something, I'll draft it in as a link so that I can reference it later.
[^1]: Arian Wasi - https://wasi-master.github.io [^2]: Wikpedia Link - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=windhamdavid.wikipedia-link [^3]: Wikpedia Link ( Github ) - https://github.com/windhamdavid/vscode-wikipedia-link