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Quickstart
Your first five minutes with Code Editor Land.
Quickstart
This guide walks you through the first five minutes after installing Land: open a project, install extensions, configure settings, and run a task.
Open a Project
Launch Land and use File > Open Folder (or press Cmd+O on macOS, Ctrl+O on Windows/Linux) to open your project directory. Land loads the workspace and indexes files for search and navigation.
If you have an existing .vscode/ directory with workspace settings, Land reads it automatically.
Install Extensions
Open the Extensions panel from the sidebar (or press Cmd+Shift+X / Ctrl+Shift+X). Search for the extensions you need - Land uses the Open VSX Registry by default.
If you already have VS Code extensions installed in ~/.vscode/extensions/, Land detects them automatically.
To install a .vsix file manually, open the command palette (Cmd+Shift+P / Ctrl+Shift+P) and run Extensions: Install from VSIX.
Configure Settings
Open settings with Cmd+, / Ctrl+,. Land stores configuration in ~/.land/settings/Settings.json. The format is identical to VS Code’s settings.json:
{
"Editor.FontSize": 14,
"Editor.TabSize": 4,
"Editor.FormatOnSave": true,
"Workbench.ColorTheme": "Default Dark+"
}Settings follow PascalCase naming. VS Code-style camelCase keys are accepted and mapped automatically.
Run a Task
Open the command palette and run Tasks: Run Task. Land reads task definitions from .vscode/tasks.json:
{
"version": "2.0.0",
"tasks": [
{
"label": "Build",
"type": "shell",
"command": "cargo build --release",
"group": "build"
}
]
}The task output appears in the integrated terminal panel at the bottom of the window.