easylanguage support

Adds syntax support for easylanguage in Visual Studio Code.

Why?

Because the TradeStation development environment lacks the excellent features and usability of Visual Studio Code!

Features

• Syntax Highlighting
  • Strings
  • Comments
  • Numbers
  • Skip words
  • Control
  • Orders
  • and majority of the reserved words and functions
• Code Outline
  • Outline view of code sections/symbols
• Simple Auto Complete
  • basic auto-complete of numerous reserved words and function names
• Themes
  • 2 light themes:
    • Standard (TradeStation development environment)
    • Solarized
  • 2 dark themes:
    • Dark
    • Moss
• Auto Closing
  • brackets
  • begin..end
  • quotes
• Snippets
  • if
  • for loop
  • while loop
  • begin..end
  • highest, lowest
  • cross
  • Day Trade
  • others

Screenshots

Themes

• Standard theme
  

• Solarized theme
  

• Dark theme
  

• Moss theme
  

Side-by-Side Screenshots

• Standard theme

• Solarized theme

• Dark theme

• Moss theme

File Extension

Supported file extension for code files:

•   .easylanguage
•   .el
•   .elf

Suggested Settings

For auto-complete, to assist in completion and set priority of completion, you may find these settings useful:

• Set in your preferences settings:
  
"editor.snippetSuggestions": "bottom",
"editor.suggest.localityBonus": true,
"editor.suggest.filterGraceful": true,
"editor.suggest.snippetsPreventQuickSuggestions": true,
"editor.autoIndent":"advanced",


You can create a Task to launch TradeStation web help:

• Create a Task, such as:
  {
    // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
    // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "tasks": [{
        // launch tradestation web help, and search on reserved word
        "label": "easylanguage web help",
        "type": "shell",
        "presentation": {
           "echo": false,
           "reveal": "silent",
           "focus": false,
           "panel": "shared",
           "showReuseMessage": false
        },
        "command": "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe",
        "args": [
           "https://help.tradestation.com/10_00/eng/tsdevhelp/search.htm?q=${selectedText}"
        ],
        "problemMatcher": []
    }]
}


• Then create a keyboard shortcut (key binding in keybindings.json) and map a key (such as F1) to the Task to quickly launch help.   (double-click to select a keyword, then press the shortcut key.)   Here's an example keybinding:
  {
    "key": "f1",
    "command": "workbench.action.tasks.runTask",
    "args": "easylanguage web help",
    "when": "editorHasSelection"
}


Release Notes

• Version 1.0.1   - Intial release.
• Version 1.0.2   - Added missing keywords and classes (in syntax and auto-complete). Modified themes. Updated snippets.
• Version 1.0.3   - Fixed error in snippets.
• Version 1.0.4   - Added support for #region sections. Updated themes for regions. Fixed error in syntax of keywords.
• Version 1.0.5   - Fixed issue in the Outline generation method.
• Version 1.0.6   - Fixed Outline and folding sections to work with Sticky Scroll (for 'editor.stickyScroll.defaultModel', suggest using 'foldingProviderModel'). Fixed Outline when line is a comment. Incorporated auto-indentation / de-indentation. Included additional keywords.
• Version 1.0.7   - Added support for file extension .el and .elf for MultiCharts PowerLanguage compatibility
• Version 1.0.8   - Fixed the Plot and Plot1-99 keywords regex match compared to PlotClickEventArgs, PlotPaintBar, PlotPB, PlotVisualElement
• Version 1.0.9   - Fixed the Range function keyword

Disclaimer

Not affiliated in any way, shape or form (other than a client) of TradeStation or TradeStation Group, Inc.