Exterm arose from the need to open the terminal and navigate through directories until finding the one I'm working on. It's a slow and tedious process, so I created Exterm to streamline this.

Exterm adds an item to the explorer/context menu of VS Code. When right-clicking on a directory, it opens the terminal directly in that directory.

To install Exterm, you need to have VS Code installed and follow the steps below:

1. Open VS Code.
2. Open the extensions menu (Ctrl+Shift+X).
3. Search for Exterm.
4. Click Install.
5. Check the configuration section to configure your preferred terminal.

By default, Exterm uses the terminal wezterm, but you can choose from the supported terminals below:

Linux

• wezterm
• gnome-terminal
• konsole
• xfce4-terminal
• alacritty
• kitty
• kermit
• rxvt-unicode

Windows

• cmd.exe (Windows) (Not tested)

MacOS

To make Exterm open your preferred terminal, you need to configure it in the VS Code settings file. Follow the steps below:

1. Open the VS Code settings menu (Ctrl+Shift+P).
2. Search for "Preferences: Open Settings (JSON)".
3. Add the line below to the VS Code settings file, replacing the terminal with your preferred one:

"exterm.terminalKind": "wezterm",

Note: The shortcut CTRL + Space brings up an enum with all terminals supported by Exterm.

To use Exterm, open the explorer/context menu of VS Code, right-click on a directory, and click on "Open in terminal," as shown in the image below:

If you wish to contribute to Exterm, you can open an issue or a pull request. All help is welcome.

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