Recommend the VS Code MDX extension (#8897)

Co-authored-by: Chris Swithinbank <swithinbank@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Nate Moore <natemoo-re@users.noreply.github.com>
withastro · Oct 24, 2023 · 5a3d46d · 5a3d46d
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+"@astrojs/mdx": patch
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+Update the README to suggest that users install the [official MDX extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=unifiedjs.vscode-mdx) for [VS Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/).
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 ### Editor Integration
 
-[VS Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/) supports Markdown by default. However, for MDX editor support, you may wish to add the following setting in your VSCode config. This ensures authoring MDX files provides a Markdown-like editor experience.
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-```json title=".vscode/settings.json"
-{
-  "files.associations": {
-    "*.mdx": "markdown"
-  }
-}
-```
+For editor support in [VS Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/), install the [official MDX extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=unifiedjs.vscode-mdx).
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+For other editors, use the [MDX language server](https://github.com/mdx-js/mdx-analyzer/tree/main/packages/language-server).
 
 ## Usage