Files association not really working

[huettenhain]

Hey! Thanks for the great plugin. I have a very minor issue with it: Even though I set

  "files.associations": {
    "*.dmp": "hexdump"
  }

in my settings, *.dmp files are not opened in the hexdump by default, I always have to select the hexdump button in the top right corner. Am I doing something wrong?

[stef-levesque]

This extension is using scheme to specify when to use the hexdump display.
Associating *.dmp to hexdump will only enable the syntax highlighting.

I don't think there is a way in VSCode to force a file type to be opened with a specific scheme

[huettenhain]

Alright, I see. Would be really useful if certain files would directly open in hexdump, I hope someone knows of a way to achieve this.

[stef-levesque]

There is already an issue/feature request on VSCode for that (see microsoft/vscode#12176)
But there is not much traction on this.

[huettenhain]

I+1'ed it, not much more we can do I suppose. Thanks a lot anyway!

[stef-levesque]

Closing for now, will re-open if VSCode expose an API for that.

[BlueGGuy]

https://code.visualstudio.com/api/extension-guides/custom-editors

[kaedros]

the other editor does it how?

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode.hexeditor

[stef-levesque]

iirc, you can now right-click on a file and 'open with editor', then click on the setting icon to select the default one.