[NTG-context] VisualStudioCode on Linux

[Willi Egger]

Hi Mikael,

thank you so much for your instructions and tasks.json!

Indeed it works!

Kind regards

Willi

> On 25 Sep 2020, at 07:50, Mikael Sundqvist <mickep at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I got help from the list, and in the end I did the following (I have ConTeXt installed in $HOME/ConTeXt-lmtx/). I hope it is complete.
> 
> ln -s $HOME/ConTeXt-lmtx/tex/texmf-context/context/data/vscode/extensions/context $HOME/.vscode/extensions/
> 
> Then I added a task file (also essentially found here, I think):
> 
> %%% Begin of file $HOME/.config/Code/User/tasks.json
> {
> "name" : "context",
> "tasks" : [
>    {
>        "label": "ConTeXt LuaMetaTeX",
>        "type": "shell",
>        "command": "export PATH=$HOME/ConTeXt-lmtx/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/:$PATH;mtxrun --autogenerate --script context '${file}'",
>        "args": [],
>        "options": {
>            "cwd": "${fileDirname}"
>        },
>        "group": {
>            "kind": "build",
>            "isDefault": true
>        },
>        "problemMatcher": []
>    }
> ]
> }
> %%% End of file
> 
> Then, in the extension setting inside code, I had to enable the color scheme for context.
> 
> Then it works to compile with ctrl+shift+B.
> 
> /Mikael
> 
> PS I also have some add-on for LaTeX installed, and for that reason I have started to use the file extension .mkiv for ConTeXt. Then the add-ons don't clash.
> 
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 11:30 PM Willi Egger <context at boede.nl> wrote:
> Hello Linux users!
> 
> Can somebody tell me how to get the extension for ConTeXt to be installed for VisualStudioCode?
> 
> Thani you in advance!
> Kind regards
> 
> Willi
> 
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