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what are those orange boxes in vscode that i copied from mtr and how can i disable it?


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When I copy output from mtr (My Traceroute) into Visual Studio Code, I see orange boxes appearing around some of the characters. What do these orange boxes represent, and how can I disable or prevent them from showing up in VS Code?

When I copy output from mtr (My Traceroute) into Visual Studio Code, I see orange boxes appearing around some of the characters. What do these orange boxes represent, and how can I disable or prevent them from showing up in VS Code?


Solution

  • I'm pretty sure the yellow/orange boxes are VS Code's unicode highlight feature (see related settings with IDs starting with editor.unicodeHighlight). I can't repro on Ubuntu. If you want to figure out what those characters are, inspect the file contents with something that shows you that (Ex. a binary editor).