Feature Request - Adding languages

[mattmazer0397]

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Allow the users to add new languages into terminal, or create "extensions" like exist in VSCode

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

No problem currently, other than end-user inconvenience. I've downloaded several different language libraries, and each one comes with their own console shells. It would be so much easier, and convenient if there were a way to "link" the terminal app to these other consoles (e.g. python) so that I could work within one location. I've got compilers and such already downloaded in VS and VSCode, but if I want to try something basic, I've found console to be quicker and easier than starting VS

[driver1998]

I guess we can start by automatically search and add the Visual Studio command prompts, interactive python (maybe only the Windows one for now), and maybe MSYS2/Cygwin shell?

These are the shells and interactive environments I use most besides plain cmd/PowerShell/WSL. But sure, ideas are welcome.

For now I have a profile for MSYS2, and put vcvarsall.bat in PATH (so that I can spin up a cmd and do vcvarsall whatever).

[DHowett-MSFT]

/dup #2303 #2283

There's a few competing ideas here; perhaps we need to get a spec going.

[ghost]

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!