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Use when developing VS Code extensions including TextMate grammars, language configuration, and extension manifest
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| name | vscode-extension |
| description | Use when developing VS Code extensions including TextMate grammars, language configuration, and extension manifest |
// package.json
{
"name": "my-language",
"contributes": {
"languages": [{
"id": "mylang",
"extensions": [".ml"],
"configuration": "./language-configuration.json"
}],
"grammars": [{
"language": "mylang",
"scopeName": "source.mylang",
"path": "./syntaxes/mylang.tmLanguage.json"
}]
}
}
contributes for languages, grammars, commands{
"scopeName": "source.mylang",
"patterns": [{ "include": "#expression" }],
"repository": {
"expression": {
"patterns": [
{ "include": "#keywords" },
{ "include": "#strings" }
]
},
"keywords": {
"match": "\\b(if|else|while)\\b",
"name": "keyword.control.mylang"
}
}
}
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