🌐 BYTEFORGE FIGLET SUITE — VS CODE EXTENSION

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FIGLet Comment Generator for VS Code Generate ASCII art banners directly inside your editor.

📘 Overview

The FIGLet Comment Generator extension brings the power of FIGLet ASCII art directly into Visual Studio Code. Create eye‑catching section headers, file banners, and comment blocks with just a few keystrokes — all rendered using the ByteForge FIGLet Suite engine.

This extension is powered by our own FIGLet TypeScript Library and integrates seamlessly with any programming language supported by VS Code.

✨ Features

• 🎨 Generate ASCII art banners using FIGLet fonts
• 🔤 Choose from multiple FIGLet fonts
• 🧠 Automatically wraps banners in the correct comment syntax
• ⚙️ Supports multiple layout modes (Full Size, Kerning, Smushing)
• 🧩 Context‑aware insertion based on cursor position
• ⌨️ Customizable keyboard shortcuts
• 🖥️ Retro‑terminal aesthetic with clean, modern UI

🛠 Installation

1. Open VS Code
2. Press Shift+Ctrl+X (Windows/Linux) or Shift+Cmd+X (macOS)
3. Search for FIGLet Comment Generator
4. Click Install

🚀 Usage

Generate a FIGLet banner

1. Place your cursor at the line where you want the banner
2. Press Ctrl+Alt+B (Windows/Linux/macOS)
3. Type your text
4. Select a font (optional)
5. Press Enter

Example

Input:

Hello, World!

Output (using the “small” font):

#   _  _     _ _          __      __       _    _ _
#  | || |___| | |___      \ \    / /__ _ _| |__| | |
#  | __ / -_) | / _ \_     \ \/\/ / _ \ '_| / _` |_|
#  |_||_\___|_|_\___( )     \_/\_/\___/_| |_\__,_(_)
#                   |/

⚙️ Configuration

Open Settings, you have three methods:

1. Press Shift+Ctrl+P and search for FIGLet Settings
2. Right-click any text editor and select FIGLet Comments > FIGLet Settings
3. Press Ctrl+, (or go to File > Preferences > Settings) and search for FIGlet

You can configure:

• Default font
• Default layout mode
• Font folder location

🧩 Supported Languages

The extension automatically detects the file type and uses the correct comment syntax:

• C‑style languages: // or /* */
• Python: #
• HTML/XML: <!-- -->
• SQL: --
• PowerShell: #
• Many more

🔧 Powered By

This extension uses our own FIGLet TypeScript Library — part of the ByteForge FIGLet Suite — for rendering FIGLet text with full support for:

• FLF font parsing
• Layout modes (FullSize, Kerning, Smushing)
• Smushing rules (Equal, Underscore, Hierarchy, Opposite Pair, Big X, Hardblank)

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you’d like to improve the extension:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Commit your changes
4. Open a Pull Request

📜 License

This extension is licensed under the MIT License.

💡 Credits

• Original FIGLet concept by Frank, Ian & Glenn
• Implementations by Paulo Santos (ByteForge)
• FIGLet specifications: figlet.org

Support

If you encounter any issues or have feature requests, please:

1. Search existing issues
2. Create a new issue if needed

Made with ❤️ by Paulo Santos