| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 7 * `syntaxes/latex.tmLanguage.json` - this is the Text mate grammar file that is used for tokenization. |
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| 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. |
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| 13 * Press `F5` to open a new window with your extension loaded. |
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| 14 * Create a new file with a file name suffix matching your language. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 29 * To share your extension with the world, read on https://code.visualstudio.com/docs about publishing an extension. |
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