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Dec 20 12 tweets 3 min read
We just announced GitHub Copilot Free, available for everyone in @code

So what does this new free tier actually mean? 🧵 A thumbnail with a blue/black/green gradient background, and the VS Code and GitHub Copilot logos in the center. First off, all you need is a GitHub account.

No trial. No subscription. No credit card required.

Yes, really.
Oct 31 4 tweets 2 min read
With the latest @code release, the Chat view has moved to the Secondary Side Bar by default.

Here are some tips with this change...🧵 A screenshot of VS Code showing the Copilot Chat view on the right hand side in the Secondary Side Bar You can use the Chat menu next to the Command Center to quickly bring up Chat in the Secondary Side Bar.

You can hide this menu with the chat.commandCenter.enabled setting ⚙️
Mar 5 9 tweets 3 min read
Another month, another big batch of updates and features for @GitHub Copilot in VS @Code.

🤖 Change Chat font
🤖 New speech functionality
🤖 "live" mode
🤖 new #editor var and more!

Let's go...🧵 You can now change the font in the chat. This works for inline, ghost text, chat sidebar, etc.

BTW - cool "Minecraft" inspired mono-spaced font here:

github.com/IdreesInc/Mono…
Dec 21, 2023 6 tweets 2 min read
🤖 GitHub Copilot just keeps getting smarter and smarter!

In case you missed them, here are 4 of the newest features that you're going to love 🧵 Gone are the days of trying to come up with descriptive commit messages... Let Copilot generate them for you ✨
Jul 21, 2023 11 tweets 4 min read
Introducing new GitHub Copilot features in VS Code!

There's a LOT going on, so here's everything we have to show you...🧵 You can now move the chat session from the sidebar into the editor space. Which gives you a lot more room for....activities.
Feb 22, 2023 7 tweets 4 min read
Have you tried @github Copilot yet? What do you think?

Here are just a few of the ways that we found Copilot useful...🧵 @github 1. Watch Copilot Explain Code Like a Human! 🙆

See the various ways Copilot labs explains your code like a person would. 👏
Oct 6, 2022 22 tweets 10 min read
📢 The September release of @code is here!

code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_72

Lots of features and improvements this month, so here's a handy Twitter 🧵 with all the highlights. Let's go... First, some updates to the Extensions view...

VS Code now shows extensions updated during the last 7 days in the Recently Updated section of Updates in the Extensions view.
Sep 1, 2022 16 tweets 6 min read
Time to update! The 1.71 release of VS Code is out TODAY.

code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_71

What’s in it? A lot. Here's your VS Code Release Notes Twitter thread...🧵 You can now open the merge editor directly from files with conflicts. A file that has a conflict will now automatically show an Open in Merge Editor button to transition between the text and merge editors.

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