Rye Language - VS Code Extension

Syntax highlighting for the Rye programming language.

Features

Comprehensive syntax highlighting for all Rye language constructs:

• Comments — ; line comments
• Strings — "double-quoted" with escape sequences and `backtick raw strings`
• Numbers — integers and decimals
• Constants — true, false, none, nil, _ (void)
• URIs — https://example.com, file://path
• File paths — %file.txt, %.config
• Email addresses — user@domain.com
• Set-words — word: (assignment), with special highlighting for function definitions
• Mod-words — word:: (reassignment)
• Left set/mod words — :word, ::word (injection)
• Get-words — ?word (value reference without calling)
• Tag-words — 'word (quoted symbols)
• Op-words — .word (method-style piped calls)
• Pipe-words — |word (pipe function calls)
• Return words — ^word (early return patterns like ^fail, ^check)
• XWords — <integer>, <string> (type tags)
• Context paths — module/function, term/blue
• Flag words — --verbose, -v
• Operators — +, -, *, /, //, ++, ->, <-, =, >, <, >=, <=, and, or, not, xor
• Keywords — function definition (fn, does, closure), control flow (if, either, switch, for, loop, while), error handling (try, fail, fix, check), contexts (context, do\in, private), and more
• Builtins — 200+ built-in functions organized by category
• Bracket colorization — {}, [], ()
• Code folding — block-based folding
• Auto-closing pairs — for all bracket types and strings

Installation

From source (development)

1. Copy or symlink this directory to your VS Code extensions folder:

   ln -s /path/to/rye/editors/vscode ~/.vscode/extensions/ryelang
   

2. Restart VS Code or run "Developer: Reload Window"

From VSIX

cd editors/vscode
npx @vscode/vsce package
code --install-extension ryelang-0.1.0.vsix

Marketplace

The VSCode plugin also lives in its own repository: https://github.com/refaktor/rye-vscode

Install it by searching Rye or Ryelang in the VSCode marketplace.

Supported File Extensions

• .rye