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This Visual Studio Code extension automatically turns you into a very skilled hacker by playing movie-like sounds while you write code.

Requirements

Linux

On Linux, you will need to have mplayer installed and on your PATH to get this extension working.

Debian based

sudo apt-get install mplayer

Red Hat based

sudo dnf install mplayer

Arch based

sudo pacman -S mplayer

Windows and Mac

No special requirements.

Installation

Run code --install-extension mattogodoy.hacker-sounds

or search Hacker Sounds in Extensions Marketplace.

How to use

Enable / Disable

Hacker Sounds will start immediately when Visual Studio Code is started. However, you can enable and disable the extension by executing these commands in the Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P):

  • Hacker Sounds: Enable
  • Hacker Sounds: Disable

Volume control

You can adjust the volume of the sounds by executing these commands in the Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P):

  • Hacker Sounds: Volume Up
  • Hacker Sounds: Volume Down
  • Hacker Sounds: Set Volume

NOTE: The volume adjustments only apply to this extension's sounds. It does not affect the system volume.

Known Issues & Bugs

The extension is in a very early stage. Please report any issues / bugs you find.

Contributing

Any pull request is welcome.

Release Notes

1.4.3

  • Fixed bug in which manually setting the volume went always to minimum or maximum.
  • Redacted some of the messages.

1.4.2

  • Minor fixes

1.4.1

  • Fixed dependency error

1.4.0

  • Now you can type the volume level directly using the Hacker Sounds: Set Volume command.

1.3.0

  • Now you can adjust volume levels for Mac, Windows and Linux. This feature has not been tested in Linux yet.
  • Merged Pull Request #5
  • Replaced sWavPlayer for sounder as the Windows sound player with the following benefits:
    • Much smaller in size (sounder is 33 KB and sWavPlayer was 878 KB)
    • Performance in Windows is greatly improved
    • Allows to set the volume
  • Updated dependencies

1.2.0

  • Sounds improved in volume level and quality.
  • Merged Pull Request #3

1.1.1

1.1.0

  • Refactored part of the code
  • New and better sounds

1.0.3

Fixed issue #1

1.0.2

Added fix for Windows. It's working now 🎉

1.0.1

Updated README information.

1.0.0

Initial release. Working on macOS.

Credits

For Windows, this extension uses the sounder light-weight player: https://www.elifulkerson.com/projects/commandline-wav-player.php


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