Ok, you can find a full detailed comparison here (there are also links to the previous parts in the series). But basically, add-ins were available as the VS extension type from the very first versions of the VS and built as the COM components. Later on, some limitations were discovered in that approach, so the … Read more
It’s not possible in Visual Studio at the moment. You can vote for this feature: https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/idea/580810/case-preserving-search-replace.html I usually end up opening Sublime Text, Copy & Paste the code there, perform the case-preserving replacements there and Copy & Paste back to Visual Studio.
Getting Started with Extending Visual Studio The Visual Studio SDK for 2010 The VS2010 beta forums Visual Studio 2010 New Features, Extensibility Points and Partner Opportunities Most of the information on add-ins is in the SDK.
Just use Visual Studio’s built-in “Find and Replace” (or “Replace in Files”, which you can open by pressing Ctrl + Shift + H). To remove #region, you’ll need to enable Regular Expression matching; in the “Replace In Files” dialog, check “Use: Regular Expressions”. Then, use the following pattern: “\#region .*\n“, replacing matches with “” (the … Read more
Well, let’s compare the details of development: VisualHg’s page says it’s stable. The last version release was March of this year and the latest changesets in the source are from 1 week ago. HgSccPackage (better found here than your other link) was last updated in the VS Gallery 2 days ago. (It can also be … Read more
VS 2019 & VS 2022: Select lines. The last selected line is where the cursor is – the line is taken into account even if it is empty and there is no visible selection. Shift + Alt + L, Shift + Alt + S => Ascending sort. Shift + Alt + L, Shift + Alt … Read more
I’m amazed that Visual Assist has not been mentioned yet!