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18 changes: 12 additions & 6 deletions src/vs/workbench/contrib/welcomeGettingStarted/common/gettingStartedContent.ts
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Expand Up @@ -224,13 +224,13 @@ export const startEntries: GettingStartedStartEntryContent = [

const Button = (title: string, href: string) => `[${title}](${href})`;

const CopilotStepTitle = localize('gettingStarted.copilotSetup.title', "Use AI features with Copilot for free");
const CopilotDescription = localize({ key: 'gettingStarted.copilotSetup.description', comment: ['{Locked="["}', '{Locked="]({0})"}'] }, "You can use [Copilot]({0}) to generate code across multiple files, fix errors, ask questions about your code, and much more using natural language.", defaultChat.documentationUrl ?? '');
const CopilotStepTitle = localize('gettingStarted.copilotSetup.title', "Sign in to unlock AI features");
const CopilotDescription = localize({ key: 'gettingStarted.copilotSetup.description', comment: ['{Locked="["}', '{Locked="]({0})"}'] }, "Sign in to start using [Copilot]({0}), your AI coding assistant. Get help writing code, fixing bugs, and building projects faster — all from a simple chat.", defaultChat.documentationUrl ?? '');
const CopilotTermsString = localize({ key: 'gettingStarted.copilotSetup.terms', comment: ['{Locked="]({2})"}', '{Locked="]({3})"}'] }, "By continuing with {0} Copilot, you agree to {1}'s [Terms]({2}) and [Privacy Statement]({3})", defaultChat.provider.default.name, defaultChat.provider.default.name, defaultChat.termsStatementUrl, defaultChat.privacyStatementUrl);
const CopilotAnonymousButton = Button(localize('setupCopilotButton.setup', "Use AI Features"), `command:workbench.action.chat.triggerSetupAnonymousWithoutDialog`);
const CopilotSignedOutButton = Button(localize('setupCopilotButton.setup', "Use AI Features"), `command:workbench.action.chat.triggerSetup`);
const CopilotSignedInButton = Button(localize('setupCopilotButton.setup', "Use AI Features"), `command:workbench.action.chat.triggerSetup`);
const CopilotCompleteButton = Button(localize('setupCopilotButton.chatWithCopilot', "Start to Chat"), 'command:workbench.action.chat.open');
const CopilotAnonymousButton = Button(localize('setupCopilotButton.signIn', "Sign In"), `command:workbench.action.chat.triggerSetupAnonymousWithoutDialog`);
const CopilotSignedOutButton = Button(localize('setupCopilotButton.signIn', "Sign In"), `command:workbench.action.chat.triggerSetup`);
const CopilotSignedInButton = Button(localize('setupCopilotButton.signIn', "Sign In"), `command:workbench.action.chat.triggerSetup`);
const CopilotCompleteButton = Button(localize('setupCopilotButton.signIn', "Sign In"), 'command:workbench.action.chat.open');

function createCopilotSetupStep(id: string, button: string, when: string, includeTerms: boolean): BuiltinGettingStartedStep {
const description = includeTerms ?
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],
media: { type: 'markdown', path: 'theme_picker', }
},
{
id: 'importKeyboardMappings',
title: localize('gettingStarted.importKeyboardMappings.title', "Import keyboard mappings"),
description: localize('gettingStarted.importKeyboardMappings.description.interpolated', "Already familiar with shortcuts from another editor? Install a keymap extension to bring your keybindings from Cursor, Windsurf, Vim, Emacs, or Sublime Text.\n{0}", Button(localize('browseKeymaps', "Browse Keymap Extensions"), 'command:workbench.extensions.action.showRecommendedKeymapExtensions')),
media: { type: 'svg', altText: 'Keyboard shortcuts overview.', path: 'shortcuts.svg' },
},
{
id: 'videoTutorial',
title: localize('gettingStarted.videoTutorial.title', "Watch video tutorials"),
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