Yes, reloading VS Code worked! I can see syntax highlighting in various color themes. Thanks!
Now comes the next question - would it be possible to launch the script in J and see output in the console screen? VS Code allows for debugger extensions. Getting a J Debugger extension would make VS Code an IDE for J. Thanks for sharing your work, Ric! Regards, Yuvaraj On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 12:41 AM, Ric Sherlock <tikk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Yuvaraj, > The extension currently only provides syntax highlighting for ".ijs" files. > Have you reloaded VS Code after installing the extension? If so perhaps the > color theme you are using doesn't colour the language features strikingly? > I like Monokai. Maybe try that to see if it is working? > I haven't tested the extension or VS Code on the Mac, so can't definitively > say it works there. Can anyone else confirm? > Cheers > Ric > > > On 22/02/2018 21:19, "Yuvaraj Athur Raghuvir" <yuvaraj....@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hello Ric, > > I have used VS Code on mac. I just installed this extension but it is not > recognizing project (.jproj) or file (.ijs). Looks like I am missing > something here. Any documentation on configuration or how to use J > Extension that I can look and check again? > > Thanks! > Yuvaraj > > On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 5:54 PM, Ric Sherlock <tikk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Eric, > > I've used it mainly on Windows. I have used it on Linux (Ubuntu VM) but > > since trying (WSL) Windows Subsystem for Linux, my use of GUI Linux apps > > has declined substantially. The interface (including debugging) is the > same > > on both platforms, but note that individual language support depends on > > extensions. > > > > Cheers, > > > > On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 12:02 PM, Eric Iverson <eric.b.iver...@gmail.com > > > > wrote: > > > > > Ric, > > > > > > On which platform(s) do you use it? Does it provide the same (or > similar) > > > debugger on windows/linux/macos? That would be worth a lot to me. > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 5:57 PM, Ric Sherlock <tikk...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > Yes I think that should help. > > > > It will still rely on the user thinking/choosing to type > "jprogramming" > > > as > > > > a single word, but that's more likely than anything else! > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 1:12 AM, Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > You might want to add the tag word "jprogramming" into your text > > there? > > > > > > > > > > For example, like this: > > > > > > > > > > Getting the j (JProgramming) extension for VS ... > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Raul > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 5:43 AM, Ric Sherlock <tikk...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > I've recently started using Visual Studio Code > > > > > > <https://code.visualstudio.com/> for a lot of my coding. This is > > an > > > > > > open-source, cross-platform project published by Microsoft that > has > > > > some > > > > > > really nice features. > > > > > > > > > > > > For my use it was missing some support for J, so I've created and > > > > > published > > > > > > an extension > > > > > > <https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items? > > > > itemName=tikkanz.language-j> > > > > > in > > > > > > the Visual Studio Marketplace. > > > > > > > > > > > > Unfortunately the extension isn't currently very discoverable > > because > > > > > > searching for "J" or even "J programming language" in the > > Marketplace > > > > > lists > > > > > > many many other extensions first - maybe after several hundred > > > thousand > > > > > > installs it will rank better ;-). Searching for "tikkanz" works > > > better! > > > > > > > > > > > > If you're using VS Code this might be of interest to you. > > > > > > > > > > > > Enjoy, > > > > > > Ric > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > ---------- > > > > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/ > > > forums.htm > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > ---------- > > > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/ > > forums.htm > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ---------- > > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/ > forums.htm > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
