Thanks for your interest in improving vscode-vba!
Report bugs or suggest new features.
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Before making bigger changes, please discuss them in an issue.
In general PRs should be kept as small as possible (e.g. one feature/fix per PR). It allows merging them faster with less conflicts and will reduce review time.
- Install the Bait programming language: https://github.com/tiabeast/bait#building-from-source
- Create and clone a fork of https://github.com/serkonda7/vscode-vba
- Run
npm installinside the cloned directory - Create a new working branch for your changes
TextMate uses Oniguruma regexes which are mostly compatible with PCRE (Compariosn). A good tool to test these regexes is https://regexr.com/ in PCRE mode.
For a list of predefined scopes see https://macromates.com/manual/en/language_grammars#naming_conventions.
Every PR should contain a test case that covers the added feature or bug fix. This prevents regressions and makes reviewing the changes easier by providing a proof of correct functionality.
Tests for the language grammar (syntax highlighting) are in syntaxes/tests.
They can be run with the following command:
npm run test
If you'd like to install a development version of the extension, follow these steps:
-
npm run install-dev-ext
- Reload the VS Code window:
- Open command palette (F1)
- Run
>reload window
Note: It is not required to uninstall any previous versions.