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Moved the @AndriiFilippov made migrations changes to /docs folder

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  • build-docs --language zh_CN build succeeds
  • Confirm the English and Chinese docs indexes list the five migration pages
  • Confirm images and the AGENTS.md download still work

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  • Documentation
    • Added English and Chinese guidance for moving existing Espressif-IDE projects to the ESP-IDF VS Code Extension.
    • New pages cover migration steps, advanced settings, troubleshooting, and a completion checklist, including project setup, building, flashing, monitoring, and debugging.
    • Updated documentation contents, support-policy references, and README links to direct readers to the published migration guidance.

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The migration documentation is reorganized into English and Chinese pages covering project setup, workflow validation, advanced settings, troubleshooting, and completion checks. Repository and support-policy links now point to the migration documentation.

Changes: ESP-IDF VS Code migration guidance

Layer / File(s) Summary
Migration entry points and overview
README.md, README_CN.md, docs/{en,zh_CN}/index.rst, docs/{en,zh_CN}/migrate-to-vscode.rst, docs/en/migration-guide.rst, docs/{en,zh_CN}/support-policy.rst
Updates migration links and indexes, adds overview and Eclipse-to-VS-Code task mapping content, and removes the former consolidated English guide.
Migration walkthrough and checklist
docs/{en,zh_CN}/migration-walkthrough.rst, docs/{en,zh_CN}/migration-checklist.rst
Describes opening an existing project and validating its environment, configuration, build, flash, monitor, and debug workflows. Adds post-migration checks.
Advanced settings and troubleshooting
docs/{en,zh_CN}/migration-advanced.rst, docs/{en,zh_CN}/migration-troubleshooting.rst
Covers custom build directories, JTAG/OpenOCD, debug settings, C/C++ tooling, and troubleshooting migration issues.
Optional agent-assisted migration
docs/en/migrate-to-vscode.rst, docs/zh_CN/migration/AGENTS.md, docs/zh_CN/conf.py
Adds optional agent-assisted migration guidance and detailed instructions for verified settings mappings, applying changes, and reporting validation. Excludes the instruction file from Chinese documentation builds.

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The docs indexes do not yet list all five migration pages, and parts of the guidance may mislead users completing a migration. Correct the navigation and workflow instructions before merging.

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- Line 13: Update the Debug checklist entry in both the English and Chinese
migration checklists to require required supported custom Eclipse debug behavior
to be migrated or recreated and validated; do not require unsupported settings
to be mapped.

Review comments at @docs/en/migration-walkthrough.rst:
- Line 202: Update the “Default debugging works” sentence to clarify that
generating the VS Code configuration folder provides defaults, and instruct
users to verify the serial port and OpenOCD board configuration before the first
Debug run; apply the equivalent correction to the Chinese page.
- Line 96: Update the ESP-IDF command labels in both English and Chinese
walkthroughs and both troubleshooting tables to match the current names: Full
Clean Project, Build Your Project, SDK Configuration Editor, Flash Your Project,
and Monitor Device. Also state the ESP-IDF extension version or supported range
for the guide.

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- Around line 175-176: Update the migration guidance for gdbClientOtherCommands
and otherInitCommands to inspect custom commands, preserve compatible ones in
initCommands or target.connectCommands as appropriate, and report commands that
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- Board/OpenOCD, flash method, and serial port are correct for the workflows you use.
- Flash / Monitor work if they are part of your workflow.
- Custom build directory is restored if required.
- Debug starts successfully and required custom Eclipse debug settings have been reviewed.

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Require migration and validation of supported custom debug behavior.

A successful default Debug run does not validate custom Eclipse behavior. Both guides state that custom settings are not converted automatically and must be migrated or recreated when required. Update both checklists, but do not require unsupported settings to be mapped.

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Update the Debug checklist entry in both the English and Chinese migration
checklists to require required supported custom Eclipse debug behavior to be
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If Menuconfig or project configuration fails because of stale or environment-specific build cache, run:

**ESP-IDF: Full Clean**

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L17: Add VS Code Configuration Folder  | Add .vscode files to the currently opened project directory. This includes launch.json (for debugging), settings.json and c_cpp_properties.json for syntax highlight.
L18: Build, Flash and Start a Monitor on Your Device  | Build the project, write binaries program to device and start a monitor terminal with a single command. Similar to `idf.py build flash monitor`.
L19: Build Your Project  | Build your project using `CMake` and `Ninja-build` as explained in 【6†ESP-IDF Build System Using Cmake Directly】. You can modify the behavior of the build task with idf.cmakeCompilerArgs for Cmake configuration step and idf.ninjaArgs for Ninja step. For example, using [-j N] where N is the number of jobs running in parallel.
L20: Clear eFuse Summary  | Clear the eFuse Summary tree from ESP Explorer EFUSEEXPLORER.
L21: Clear ESP-IDF Search Results  | Clear results from ESP Explorer Documentation Search Results.
L22: Configure Project SDKConfig for Coverage  | Set required values in your project SDKConfig to enable code coverage analysis.
L23: Configure project for ESP-Clang  | Configure the current ESP-IDF project to use esp-clang as toolchain to use and configure LLVM Clang extension in settings.json.
L24: Create New ESP-IDF Component  | Create a new component in the current directory based on ESP-IDF component template.
L25: Create New Empty Project  | Ask for the new project name, choose the directory to create the project, and show a notification to open the newly created project.
L26: Create Project Configuration  | Create `CMakePresets.json` in the project root with a starter default and production configure preset to rename and extend. Presets you already defined are left untouched.
L27: Dispose of Current SDK Configuration Editor Server Process  | If you already executed the SDK Configuration editor, a cache process will remain in the background for faster reopening. This command will dispose of such cache process.
L28: Doctor Command  | Run a diagnostic on the extension setup settings and logs to generate a troubleshooting report.
L29: Troubleshoot Form  | Launch UI for the user to submit a troubleshooting report with steps to reproduce the issue. Run a diagnostic on the extension setup settings and logs, and send the information to the telemetry backend.
L30: Encrypt and Flash Your Project  | Execute flashing the project program to device while adding –encrypt for partitions to be encrypted.
L31: Erase Flash Memory from Device  | Execute esptool.py erase_flash command to erase flash chip (set to 0xFF bytes).
L32: Execute Custom Task  | User can define a command-line command or script in idf.customTask, which can be executed with this command.
L33: Flash Your Project  | Write binary data to the ESP’s flash chip from your current ESP-IDF project. This command will use either UART, DFU or JTAG based on idf.flashType.
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## Serial Port

Setting ID  | Description
--- | ---
idf.port  | Path of selected device port (default: `detect`). Scope: Resource.
idf.monitorPort  | Optional path of selected device port for monitor. If undefined, idf.port is used. Scope: Resource.
idf.flashBaudRate  | Flash baud rate (default: `460800`). Used for ESP-IDF: Flash your Project and debugging. Scope: Resource.
idf.monitorBaudRate  | Monitor baud rate. Empty by default to use sdkconfig `CONFIG_ESP_CONSOLE_UART_BAUDRATE`. Scope: Resource.
idf.enableSerialPortChipIdRequest  | Enable detecting the chip ID and show on serial port selection list. Scope: Application.
idf.useSerialPortVendorProductFilter  | Enable use of idf.usbSerialPortFilters to filter serial port devices list. Scope: Application.
idf.usbSerialPortFilters  | USB productId and vendorId map to filter known Espressif devices. Scope: Application.
idf.serialPortDetectionTimeout  | Timeout in seconds for serial port detection using esptool.py (default: 60). Scope: Resource.

## Flash

Setting ID  | Description

## Build

Setting ID  | Description
--- | ---
idf.buildPath  | Custom build directory for extension commands (default: `build`, relative to the workspace folder). Scope: Resource.
idf.cmakeCompilerArgs  | Arguments for CMake configuration (default includes `-G Ninja`, `-DPYTHON_DEPS_CHECKED=1`, `-DESP_PLATFORM=1`). Scope: Resource.
idf.sdkconfigDefaults  | List of sdkconfig default values for initial build configuration. Scope: Resource.
idf.ninjaArgs  | Arguments for Ninja build task. Scope: Resource.
idf.customExtraVars  | Key-value object of environment variables added to extension command processes (e.g. `OPENOCD_SCRIPTS`). Does not modify system environment outside VS Code. Scope: Resource.
idf.useIDFKconfigStyle  | Enable style validation for Kconfig files. Scope: Resource.
idf.saveBeforeBuild  | Save all edited files before building (default: `true`). Scope: Resource.
idf.enableCCache  | Enable CCache in build task (ensure CCache is in PATH). Scope: Resource.
idf.extraCleanPaths  | Additional paths to delete on Full Clean Project (default: `[]`). E.g. `[&quot;managed_components&quot;, &quot;dependencies.lock&quot;]`. Scope: Resource.
idf.sdkconfigFilePath  | Absolute path for the sdkconfig file. Scope: Resource.
idf.enableSizeTaskAfterBuildTask  | Run IDF Size task after IDF Build task (default: `true`). Scope: Resource.
idf.preBuildTask  | Command string to execute before build task. Scope: Resource.
idf.postBuildTask  | Command string to execute after build task. Scope: Resource.

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&quot;espIdf.createClassicMenuconfig.title&quot;: &quot;Open Classic Menuconfig Terminal&quot;,

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&quot;espIdf.createSbom.title&quot;: &quot;Run ESP-IDF-SBOM Vulnerability Check&quot;,

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&quot;espIdf.disposeConfserverProcess.title&quot;: &quot;Dispose of Current SDK Configuration Editor Server Process&quot;,

&quot;espIdf.doctorCommand.title&quot;: &quot;Doctor Command&quot;,

&quot;espIdf.troubleshootPanel.title&quot;: &quot;ESP-IDF: Troubleshoot Form&quot;,

&quot;espIdf.efuse.clearResults.title&quot;: &quot;Clear eFuse Summary&quot;,

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&quot;espIdf.flashAndEncryptDevice.title&quot;: &quot;Encrypt and Flash Your Project&quot;,

&quot;espIdf.flashBinaryToPartition.title&quot;: &quot;Flash Binary to Partition...&quot;,

&quot;espIdf.fsImage.explore.title&quot;: &quot;Explore Filesystem Image&quot;,

&quot;espIdf.fsImage.refresh.title&quot;: &quot;Refresh Filesystem Image&quot;,

&quot;espIdf.fsImage.clear.title&quot;: &quot;Clear Filesystem Image&quot;,

&quot;espIdf.fsImage.saveFile.title&quot;: &quot;Save File to Workspace&quot;,

&quot;espIdf.flashBootloaderUart.title&quot;: &quot;Flash Bootloader Only (UART)&quot;,

&quot;espIdf.flashDFU.title&quot;: &quot;Flash (DFU) Your Project&quot;,

&quot;espIdf.flashDevice.title&quot;: &quot;Flash Your Project&quot;,

&quot;espIdf.flashPartitionTableUart.title&quot;: &quot;Flash Partition Table (UART)&quot;,

&quot;espIdf.flashUart.title&quot;: &quot;Flash (UART) Your Project&quot;,

&quot;espIdf.fullClean.title&quot;: &quot;Full Clean Project&quot;,

&quot;espIdf.genCoverage.title&quot;: &quot;Add Editor Coverage&quot;,

&quot;espIdf.getCoverageReport.title&quot;: &quot;Get HTML Coverage Report for Project&quot;,

&quot;espIdf.getEspAdf.title&quot;: &quot;Install ESP-ADF&quot;,

&quot;espIdf.heaptrace.title&quot;: &quot;Heap Trace&quot;,

&quot;espIdf.idfReconfigureTask.title&quot;: &quot;ESP-IDF: Run idf.py reconfigure Task&quot;,

&quot;espIdf.importProject.title&quot;: &quot;Import ESP-IDF Project&quot;,

&quot;espIdf.installManager.title&quot;: &quot;Open ESP-IDF Installation Manager&quot;,

&quot;espIdf.jtag_flash.title&quot;: &quot;Flash (with JTag)&quot;,

&quot;espIdf.launchQemu.title&quot;: &quot;Launch QEMU Server&quot;,

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<title>[4.4.5] Ninja not found on VSCode restart (VSC-1157) · Issue #1011 · espressif/vscode-esp-idf-extension · GitHub</title>
<location>GitHub issue 1011 in espressif/vscode-esp-idf-extension (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search2 [wordlim: 200] Published: 3.3 years ago; Crawled: last week; bug-reportBug Report from users on Github (don&#39;t use this tag manually, its supposed to be used via the issue)Bug Report from users on Github (don&#39;t use this tag manually, its supposed to be used via the issue) ...   * Full clean project ... The one included in the ESP-IDF Tools, which is located at &quot;C:\src\espressif.espressif\tools\cmake\3.23.1\bin&quot;. ... At this point I think it will be easier to make a clean reinstall of the extension, esp-idf and esp-idf tools.
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Citations:

- 1: https://docs.espressif.com/projects/vscode-esp-idf-extension/en/latest/commands.html

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site:docs.espressif.com/projects/vscode-esp-idf-extension/en/latest/commands.html "SDK Configuration Editor" "Full Clean Project" "Build Your Project" "Monitor Device"

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<title>List of Available Commands - - — ESP-IDF Extension for VSCode latest documentation</title>
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<excerpt>citeturn0search0 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: 5 days ago; Full Clean Project  | Delete the current ESP-IDF project build directory. ... Monitor Device  | This command will execute idf.py monitor to start serial communication with Espressif device. ... Pick a Workspace Folder  | When using a Visual Studio Code workspace with multiple workspace folders, this command allows you to choose which workspace folder to apply this extension’s commands to. ... SDK Configuration Editor  | Launch UI to configure your ESP-IDF project settings. ... Select Where to Save Configuration Settings  | In Visual Studio Code, settings can be saved in three places: User Settings (global settings), workspace ( .code-workspace file) or workspace folder (.vscode/settings.json).

# List of Available Commands

All commands start with `ESP-IDF:`.

Command  | Description
--- | ---
Add Arduino ESP32 as ESP-IDF Component  | Add Arduino-ESP32 as an ESP-IDF component in your current directory (${CURRENT_DIRECTORY}/components/arduino).
Add Docker Container Configuration  | Add the .devcontainer files to the currently opened project directory. It is necessary to use an ESP-IDF project in a Docker container with Visual Studio Code Dev Containers extension.
Add Editor Coverage  | Parse your project GCOV Code coverage files to add color lines representing code coverage on currently opened source code file.
Add VS Code Configuration Folder  | Add .vscode files to the currently opened project directory. This includes launch.json (for debugging), settings.json and c_cpp_properties.json for syntax highlight.
Build, Flash and Start a Monitor on Your Device  | Build the project, write binaries program to device and start a monitor terminal with a single command. Similar to `idf.py build flash monitor`.
Build Your Project  | Build your project using `CMake` and `Ninja-build` as explained in ESP-IDF Build System Using Cmake Directly. You can modify the behavior of the build task with idf.cmakeCompilerArgs for Cmake configuration step and idf.ninjaArgs for Ninja step. For example, using [-j N] where N is the number of jobs running in parallel.
Clear eFuse Summary  | Clear the eFuse Summary tree from ESP Explorer EFUSEEXPLORER.
Clear ESP-IDF Search Results  | Clear results from ESP Explorer Documentation Search Results.
Configure Project SDKConfig for Coverage  | Set required values in your project SDKConfig to enable code coverage analysis.
Configure project for ESP-Clang  | Configure the current ESP-IDF project to use esp-clang as toolchain to use and configure LLVM Clang extension in settings.json.
Create New ESP-IDF Component  | Create a new component in the current directory based on ESP-IDF component template.
Create New Empty Project  | Ask for the new project name, choose the directory to create the project, and show a notification to open the newly created project.
Create Project Configuration  | Create `CMakePresets.json` in the project root with a starter default and production configure preset to rename and extend. Presets you already defined are left untouched.
Dispose of Current SDK Configuration Editor Server Process  | If you already executed the SDK Configuration editor, a cache process will remain in the background for faster reopening. This command will dispose of such cache process.
Doctor Command  | Run a diagnostic on the extension setup settings and logs to generate a troubleshooting report.
Troubleshoot Form  | Launch UI for the user to submit a troubleshooting report with steps to reproduce the issue. Run a diagnostic on the extension setup settings and logs, and send the information to the telemetry backend.
Encrypt and Flash Your Project  | Execute flashing the project program to device while adding –encrypt for partitions to be encrypted.
Erase Flash Memory from Device  | Execute esptool.py erase_flash command to erase flash chip (set to 0xFF bytes).
Execute Custom Task  | User can define a command-line command or script in idf.customTask…[truncated]</excerpt>
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Citations:

- 1: https://docs.espressif.com/projects/vscode-esp-idf-extension/en/latest/commands.html?utm_source=openai

Use the current ESP-IDF extension command names.

The latest published command list uses Full Clean Project, Build Your Project, SDK Configuration Editor, Flash Your Project, and Monitor Device. Update these labels in both walkthroughs and both troubleshooting tables. State the supported extension version or range for this guide.

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-**ESP-IDF: Full Clean**
+**ESP-IDF: Full Clean Project**
-**ESP-IDF: Build your project**
+**ESP-IDF: Build Your Project**
-**ESP-IDF: SDK Configuration Editor (Menuconfig)**
+**ESP-IDF: SDK Configuration Editor**
-**ESP-IDF: Flash your project**
+**ESP-IDF: Flash Your Project**
-**ESP-IDF: Monitor your device**
+**ESP-IDF: Monitor Device**

Apply the same replacements in the Chinese walkthrough and replace ESP-IDF: Full Clean with ESP-IDF: Full Clean Project in both troubleshooting tables.

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Review comment at @docs/en/migration-walkthrough.rst at line 96:
Update the ESP-IDF command labels in both English and Chinese walkthroughs and
both troubleshooting tables to match the current names: Full Clean Project,
Build Your Project, SDK Configuration Editor, Flash Your Project, and Monitor
Device. Also state the ESP-IDF extension version or supported range for the
guide.

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.. image:: ../_static/migration/10_debug_focus.gif
:alt: Debug workflow

Default debugging works after the VS Code configuration folder is generated.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

State the prerequisites for the first Debug run.

Generating .vscode/launch.json adds a default configuration. It does not by itself make Debug ready. The extension also requires the correct serial port and OpenOCD configuration before debugging. (docs.espressif.com)

Change this sentence to state that the generated folder provides defaults, then require users to verify the serial port and OpenOCD board configuration. Apply the same correction to the Chinese page.

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Review comment at @docs/en/migration-walkthrough.rst at line 202:
Update the “Default debugging works” sentence to clarify that generating the VS
Code configuration folder provides defaults, and instruct users to verify the
serial port and OpenOCD board configuration before the first Debug run; apply
the equivalent correction to the Chinese page.

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Comment on lines +175 to +176
| `...gdbClientOtherCommands` | Ignore |
| `...otherInitCommands` | Ignore |

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Preserve compatible custom GDB commands.

If the matching Eclipse launch contains a required gdbClientOtherCommands or otherInitCommands value, “Ignore” drops that behavior from the migrated debug profile. The instructions at Line 185 instead require compatible custom commands to be preserved. Inspect each command, place a compatible command in initCommands or target.connectCommands as appropriate, and report commands that cannot be transferred. The VS Code debug configuration supports both command fields. (docs.espressif.com)

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Review comment at @docs/zh_CN/migration/AGENTS.md around lines 175 - 176:
Update the migration guidance for gdbClientOtherCommands and otherInitCommands
to inspect custom commands, preserve compatible ones in initCommands or
target.connectCommands as appropriate, and report commands that cannot be
transferred instead of marking all values as ignored.

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🟡 Minor · Expose the migration pages without duplicating toctree ownership. · index.rst:65-66

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Expose the migration pages without duplicating toctree ownership.

The root :maxdepth: 1 toctree displays only migrate-to-vscode. Adding its four child pages here would list each page in both this toctree and the overview's toctree, which creates duplicate hierarchy ownership and can trigger Sphinx warnings. Add ordinary :doc: links outside a toctree, and mirror the change in the Chinese index.

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diff --git a/docs/en/index.rst b/docs/en/index.rst
@@
     Support Policy <support-policy>
     Migrating from Espressif-IDE to the ESP-IDF VS Code Extension <migrate-to-vscode>
+
+Migration sections
+------------------
+
+* :doc:`Migration walkthrough <migration-walkthrough>`
+* :doc:`Advanced migration cases <migration-advanced>`
+* :doc:`Migration Troubleshooting <migration-troubleshooting>`
+* :doc:`Final migration checklist <migration-checklist>`
diff --git a/docs/zh_CN/index.rst b/docs/zh_CN/index.rst
@@
     支持政策 <support-policy>
     从 Espressif-IDE 迁移到 ESP-IDF VS Code 扩展 <migrate-to-vscode>
+
+迁移章节
+--------
+
+* :doc:`迁移步骤 <migration-walkthrough>`
+* :doc:`进阶迁移场景 <migration-advanced>`
+* :doc:`迁移故障排查 <migration-troubleshooting>`
+* :doc:`迁移完成检查清单 <migration-checklist>`
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Review comment at @docs/en/index.rst around lines 65 - 66:
Update the English index around the “Migrating from Espressif-IDE to the ESP-IDF
VS Code Extension” entry to expose the four migration child pages with ordinary
documentation links outside the toctree, and mirror those links with localized
labels in the Chinese index; do not add the child pages to either toctree.

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- Around line 65-66: Update the English index around the “Migrating from
Espressif-IDE to the ESP-IDF VS Code Extension” entry to expose the four
migration child pages with ordinary documentation links outside the toctree, and
mirror those links with localized labels in the Chinese index; do not add the
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Thanks for the updates!
It was helpful to see how the documentation workflow is handled.
I'll keep that in mind for next time.

LGTM

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