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Scratch Files

Vyloxi ✔ · ⬇ 0 installs · Productivity

Quick throwaway files for trying code or jotting notes, kept in .ferrum/scratch with a list to find them again.

vyloxi.scratch-files Download .fext

In Ferrum open Extensions in the sidebar, search for Scratch Files and press Install. Or use Extensions: Install from File with the downloaded file.

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Scratch Files

Create a throwaway file in a second: New Scratch File... asks for a kind (Markdown, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, JSON, SQL, HTML, CSS, shell, Rust, Go, PHP, YAML, text) and an optional name, writes a starter, and opens it. You get full coloring, the terminal and every other feature, because it is a real file.

  • Files live in .ferrum/scratch/ inside your project, with the time in the name so they never collide.
  • Open a Scratch File... lists the ones you made for this project, newest first.
  • Move Selection to a Scratch File takes the selected text out of what you are editing.
  • Add Scratch Folder to .gitignore keeps them out of your commits.

Ferrum cannot delete files for an extension, so scratch files stay on disk until you delete them in the file explorer.

Permissions

workspace.read and workspace.write, to create and open the files. Only inside the folder you opened.