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PolaFaux

PolaFaux

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Turn real code into faux code as SVG
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Polafaux — Polaroid for your faux-code 📊

usage

Why?

Because it is unnecessary therefore essential !

Turn real code (From VS Code) into faux code (SVG image)

The code has to look right.

Tips

  • You can play with the options before saving the svg
  • Default options can be configure with polafaux.themeName, polafaux.fontSize, polafaux.leading, polafaux.lineCap, polafaux.margin, polafaux.lineNumbers and polafaux.lineNumberOffset

Demo

Using default options with the theme atom-one-dark

basic

Using squared lines, including line numbers with the theme gruvbox-light

square

Credit

This is a direct reimplemantation of faux-code-generator by @knutsynstad

The main difference resides on the utilization of highlight.js instead of relying on github gists.

License

MIT

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