Microsoft Visual Studio Code for Linux is a brilliant, free IDE (Integrated Development Environment). Especially handy is the ability to use the terminal without leaving the editor. However, it can be frustrating when a familiar shell key combination gets "intercepted" by the IDE, even when the terminal window has the focus. A key combination that should take the user to the end of a line, for instance, might bring up a list of recent files - not what the user had in mind.
Most common shell commands like command recall (Ctrl+R) work as expected. But some don't. Here's how to keep chosen commands from being intercepted by VS Code.
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