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Terminal output in VSCode is broken #124
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Hi there,
and first of: thanks a LOT for creating this awesome AI helper! It's really like having your senior developer live right in your Git repo - truly amazing!
I did notice, though, that the output in the VSCode terminal is "broken" in the sense that it repeatedly lists the same chunks of prose and code over and over again. I think it happens each time there's code involved:
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paul-gauthier commentedon Jul 18, 2023
Thanks for trying aider and reporting this issue.
You might want to try running with
--no-pretty. The install instructions mention this helps in VSCode:https://aider.chat/docs/install.html#add-aider-to-your-editor-optional
paul-gauthier commentedon Jul 19, 2023
I asked aider to disable pretty if it detects that it is running inside a VSCode terminal.
I've merged a fix into the main branch. You can get it by installing the latest version from github:
If you have a chance to try it, let me know if it works better for you.
paul-gauthier commentedon Jul 20, 2023
I'm going to close this issue for now, but feel free to re-open or file a new issue any time.
fahmad91 commentedon Dec 18, 2023
@paul-gauthier Any plans for a permanenet fix for this?
paul-gauthier commentedon Dec 18, 2023
As far as I can tell the problem is that vscode doesn't provide a fully capable terminal.
Aider should be turning off fancy output when run inside vscode. Is that not working for you?
fahmad91 commentedon Dec 18, 2023
hmmm... so it's a limitation in the vscode terminal vs aider. I was thinking it might be related to the rich library, so I was hoping it would be fixed soon.
aider does turn off the fancy output, which works as a workaround; however, it makes the output hard to read, so I'm not a big fan of it.
paul-gauthier commentedon Dec 18, 2023
You can always run aider in a real terminal window beside your vscode window.