Vortex: Texis Web Script
VS Code extension for Thunderstone Vortex web-script files (.vs).
Vortex is the server-side scripting language behind Thunderstone's Webinator, Texis, and related products.
Features
- Syntax highlighting — Vortex tags, built-in functions,
$variables (including :modifiers), HTML markup, strings, and <!-- comments -->.
- Go-to-definition — Jump to any
<a name=funcName> declaration across the workspace. Also resolves #include paths.
- Hover documentation — See function signatures, parameters with defaults, and the file/line where each function is defined. Built-in functions show a synopsis from the official docs.
- Outline & workspace symbols — Browse functions in the current file or search across the entire workspace.
- Find all references — Locate every call site for a function.
- Semantic highlighting — User-defined function calls get the theme's
function color; built-ins keep keyword coloring.
- Snippets — Quick scaffolding for common patterns:
vxscript, vxa, vxif, vxloop, vxsql, vxexport, and more.
Vortex-src (ifdef preprocessing)
Thunderstone projects often use an ifdef preprocessor on .vsrc source files before deployment. This mode adds highlighting for #ifdef, #ifndef, #if, #else, #endif, #define, #include, #for/#endfor, #htmlesc, ## line comments, and (#)MACRO(#) references.
Since most users won't have the ifdef preprocessor, this mode is disabled by default. To enable it:
- Open Settings and search for
vortex.enableVortexSrc.
- Check the box to enable.
- Reload the window.
Once enabled, .vsrc files are recognized as Vortex-src, and the Vortex: Preprocess .vsrc with ifdef command becomes available in the command palette and editor context menu.
Settings
| Setting |
Default |
Description |
vortex.enableVortexSrc |
false |
Enable the Vortex-src (ifdef) language mode for .vsrc files. |
vortex.ifdefPath |
"" |
Path to the ifdef script. If empty, the extension searches up from the workspace root. |
vortex.ifdefDefines |
"" |
Comma-separated DEFINED= macros (e.g. APPLIANCE,FOO=bar). |
vortex.ifdefExtraArgs |
[] |
Extra -v key=value arguments forwarded to awk. |
vortex.useGitignore |
true |
Use git ls-files for file discovery, honoring .gitignore. |
vortex.indexExclude |
{**/node_modules/**,...} |
Fallback exclude glob for non-git workspaces. |
Links
License
MIT — Copyright Thunderstone Software LLC.
