Command Shelf

I know I'm in the minority on this one but I'm not a fan of CLI's. I don't know if it's because I started out when CLI's were the only option and I've been there done that. But I like GUI's. I like clicking things with my mouse and making things happen without having to type 30 some characters.

In vscode I found myself having problems remembering what magic combination of characters would accomplish routine tasks in each project, and each project seems to have subtle differences in those character combinations and so I decided to create an extension that I can put those character combinations into a menu and name it and I can just click on it and stuff happens.

Command Shelf

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