vsc-extension-quickstart.md

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1 # Welcome to your VS Code Extension
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3 ## What's in the folder
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5 * This folder contains all of the files necessary for your extension.
6 * `package.json` - this is the manifest file in which you declare your language support and define the location of the grammar file that has been copied into your extension.
7 * `syntaxes/latex.tmLanguage.json` - this is the Text mate grammar file that is used for tokenization.
8 * `language-configuration.json` - this is the language configuration, defining the tokens that are used for comments and brackets.
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10 ## Get up and running straight away
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12 * Make sure the language configuration settings in `language-configuration.json` are accurate.
13 * Press `F5` to open a new window with your extension loaded.
14 * Create a new file with a file name suffix matching your language.
15 * Verify that syntax highlighting works and that the language configuration settings are working.
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17 ## Make changes
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19 * You can relaunch the extension from the debug toolbar after making changes to the files listed above.
20 * You can also reload (`Ctrl+R` or `Cmd+R` on Mac) the VS Code window with your extension to load your changes.
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22 ## Add more language features
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24 * To add features such as intellisense, hovers and validators check out the VS Code extenders documentation at https://code.visualstudio.com/docs
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26 ## Install your extension
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28 * To start using your extension with Visual Studio Code copy it into the `<user home>/.vscode/extensions` folder and restart Code.
29 * To share your extension with the world, read on https://code.visualstudio.com/docs about publishing an extension.

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