1 # Welcome to your VS Code Extension
3 ## What's in the folder
4 * This folder contains all of the files necessary for your extension
5 * `package.json` - this is the manifest file in which you declare your language support and define
6 the location of the grammar file that has been copied into you extension.
7 * `syntaxes/TableGen.tmLanguage` - this is the Text mate grammar file that is used for tokenization
8 * `language-configuration.json` - this the language configuration, defining the tokens that are used for
11 ## Get up and running straight away
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 highlight works and that the language configuration settings are working
18 * you can relaunch the extension from the debug toolbar after making changes to the files listed above
19 * you can also reload (`Ctrl+R` or `Cmd+R` on Mac) the VS Code window with your extension to load your changes
21 ## Add more language features
22 * To add features such as intellisense, hovers and validators check out the VS Code extenders documentation at
23 https://code.visualstudio.com/docs
25 ## Install your extension
26 * To start using your extension with Visual Studio Code copy it into the `<user home>/.vscode/extensions` folder and restart Code.
27 * To share your extension with the world, read on https://code.visualstudio.com/docs about publishing an extension.