Vela Language Support

This extension provides language support for the Vela programming language in Visual Studio Code.

Features

• File Recognition: Automatically recognizes .vela files
• Custom File Icons: Displays the Vela icon for .vela files using the provided vela-exact.svg
• Syntax Highlighting: Provides syntax highlighting for Vela keywords, strings, numbers, and comments
• Language Mode: Assigns the Vela language mode to .vela files

Supported Keywords

The extension provides syntax highlighting for the following Vela keywords:

• Control Flow: if, else, for, while, return, break, continue
• Declarations: let, const, var
• Components: site, page, hero, section, card, button, footer, theme, var, state, function, class, component

Installation

From VSIX

1. Download the .vsix file
2. Open VS Code
3. Go to Extensions view (Ctrl+Shift+X / Cmd+Shift+X)
4. Click on the "..." menu at the top of the Extensions view
5. Select "Install from VSIX..."
6. Choose the downloaded .vsix file

From Source

1. Clone this repository
2. Run npm install to install dependencies
3. Run npm run compile to compile the extension
4. Press F5 to open a new VS Code window with the extension loaded

Building

To build the extension:

npm install
npm run compile

Packaging

To package the extension for distribution:

npm install -g @vscode/vsce
vsce package

This will create a .vsix file that can be installed in VS Code.

Publishing

To publish the extension to the VS Code Marketplace:

1. Create a publisher account at https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/
2. Get a Personal Access Token from Azure DevOps
3. Run vsce login <publisher-name>
4. Run vsce publish

For more information, see the VS Code Extension Publishing Guide.

Requirements

• Visual Studio Code version 1.80.0 or higher

Extension Settings

This extension does not contribute any VS Code settings.

Known Issues

None at this time.

Release Notes

0.0.1

Initial release of Vela Language Support:

• Basic syntax highlighting
• File icon support
• Language configuration (comments, brackets, auto-closing pairs)

License

See LICENSE file for details.