lorenzgillner / vscode-scribble

Take notes in VS Code like it's 2005.

Scribble

Take notes in VS Code/Codium, just like in the Geany IDE:

This extension adds a (bottom) panel to the VS Code UI that mimics the functionality of Geany's "Scribble" feature:

Why?

microsoft/vscode#58774

Installation

Download or build the package, then install it via the extension manager ("View" > "Extensions" > "Views and More Actions..." > "Install from VSCIX...") or from the command line:

code --install-extension scribble-<version>.vsix

Building from source

Clone the source code and enter the source directory. Make sure that an up-to-date version of npm is installed, since it will take care of the remaining steps:

git clone https://github.com/lorenzgillner/vscode-scribble
cd vscode-scribble
npm install      # install dependencies
npm run release  # build the VSIX package

Commands

Currently, the plugin exposes the following commands:

Command	Description
Save scratchpad	Save scribble contents to disk; prioritizes local files
Create local scratchpad	Touch a new scribble file in the current workspace (.vscode/scribble.txt)

PSA

Don't forget to add scribble.txt to your .gitignore if you are using a local scribble file; you probably don't want your notes to end up in some public repo 🫠