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I built a VS Code extension to capture terminal output as styled screenshots

I built a VS Code extension to capture terminal output as styled screenshots

via Dev.toKushak Zohaad Jafry

Ever tried sharing terminal output with someone? You've got two bad options: Copy-paste - and watch your perfectly aligned table turn into a mess. Paste into WhatsApp, Slack, Google Docs, or Word and the columns misalign, box-drawing characters break, and structured output becomes an unreadable wall of text. Screenshot - but your platform's screenshot tool only captures what's on screen. If your table or log extends beyond the viewport, you're stitching multiple screenshots or just giving up. I kept hitting both problems, so I built TermSnap . What is TermSnap? A VS Code extension that lets you select terminal text - no matter how long - press Cmd+Shift+S , and get a single Carbon-style screenshot of the entire output. Features One shortcut - Select text in terminal, press Cmd+Shift+S (Mac) / Ctrl+Shift+S (Windows/Linux) Full selection capture - Even hundreds of lines that don't fit on screen Carbon-style rendering - Rounded window frame, macOS dots, shadow, themed background 11 built-

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