Tekst Language Support

Official VS Code language support for the Tekst programming language.

Features

• Syntax highlighting
• .tk file detection
• Automatic brackets
• Automatic indentation
• Code snippets
• Completion and hover help for Tekst keywords and built-ins
• Signature help for built-ins and functions declared in the workspace
• Document outline for functions and classes
• Go to Definition and Find References across .tk files in the workspace
• Workspace symbol search for functions and classes
• Compiler diagnostics from tekst build, with build-on-save enabled by default
• Tekst compiler and test problem matchers for VS Code tasks
• Build and test output in the Tekst output channel
• Run Tekst files from VS Code
• Open Tekst documentation from the Command Palette
• Configurable interpreter path

The editor features are based on the language constructs and built-ins currently recognized by this extension. They do not replace diagnostics from the Tekst interpreter or provide a debugger or formatter.

Installation

Install the extension from the VSIX file.

Alternatively, clone this repository and press F5 in VS Code to launch an Extension Development Host.

Running Tekst

Make sure the Tekst interpreter is available on your PATH.

Then open a .tk file and run:

Tekst: Run File

You can also configure the interpreter:

{
  "tekst.interpreterPath": "C:\\path\\to\\Tekst.exe"
}

Use tekst.runArguments to pass additional arguments to the interpreter.

Build and test

Build the active .tk file with Tekst: Build File. By default, the extension also runs tekst build <file> whenever a Tekst file is saved; disable this with "tekst.buildOnSave": false. Compiler errors are shown in the Problems panel and compiler output is available in View → Output → Tekst.

Run Tekst: Test Workspace to execute tekst test from the workspace root. Set tekst.testPath to pass an optional path to the test command. Build and test tasks are also available in VS Code's task picker and use the contributed $tekst-build and $tekst-test problem matchers.

The editor's symbol and reference features use lightweight source scanning; they do not resolve imported modules or replace a Tekst language server.