show how to open files at terminal in code-server (#904)

sharkymark · web-flow · commit 6fcc68b03b5b · 2022-03-18T10:15:04.000-05:00
diff --git a/workspaces/editors.md b/workspaces/editors.md
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 > Code Web is Coder's open-source project
 > [code-server](https://coder.com/docs/code-server/latest).
 
+### Opening files via the terminal
+
+You can open files from your Coder workspace in VS Code via the terminal. We
+recommend creating an alias to the underlying code-server executable so that you
+can use the command `code` for this process:
+
+```console
+alias code="/var/tmp/coder/code-server/bin/code-server -r"
+```
+
+Then, to open a file (e.g., `personalize.log`):
+
+```console
+code personalize.log
+```
+
+Alternatively, if you would like to use just the code-server executable, add it
+to your `PATH`:
+
+```console
+export PATH=$PATH:/var/tmp/coder/code-server/bin
+```
+
+Then, to open a file (e.g., `personalize.log`):
+
+```text
+code-server -r personalize.log
+```
+
+> If you're using Coder's web terminal, make sure that you've opened a Code Web
+> session. If, however, you're using the web IDE's terminal, the file contents
+> will appear in the IDE.
+
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