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AM+ Squirrel

AM+ Squirrel

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Squirrel for Attract-Mode Plus.
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Attract-Mode Plus Squirrel

VSCode Squirrel AM AM+

A suite of support tools to enhance your AM+ development experience, built upon a custom Typescript conversion of the original Squirrel Lexer.

Attract-Mode Plus Squirrel

Quickstart

  • VSCode > Settings > Extensions > AM+ Squirrel
    • Attract-Mode: Path > Enter your AM+ path
    • Attract-Mode: Executable > Enter your AM+ console executable
    • Attract-Mode: Integration > Live reload AM+ > Yes
  • VSCode > Status-bar
    • Launch > ▷ Attract-Mode Plus
  • AM+ Application > Configure Tab > Plug-ins
    • Live Reload > Enabled > Yes
    • Close all menus Esc
  • VSCode > Open .nut file
    • Save > AM+ reloads your layout!

Features

All standard language features are implemented to make coding in Squirrel simple and intuitive.

  • IntelliSense - Auto-completion, code-navigation, inlay-hints, hover-info.
  • Syntax highlighting - Classes, functions, attributes, namespaces.
  • Linting - Inline error highlighting and Problems panel listings.
  • Code formatting - Prettier based formatting with bracket and spacing options.
  • DocBlocks - Integrated documentation displayed in IntelliSense popups.

Completions

Completions for Squirrel and AM+ functions, with datatype information, parameter descriptions, and overloads.

  • Squirrel Language - All built-in functions and datatype methods.
  • Squirrel Standard Library - All library classes and properties.
  • Attract-Mode Plus - All API functions and constants.

Enhancements

In addition to providing IntelliSense documentation, DocBlocks can populate completions, describe parameter types, create snippets, and more. See DocBlock for detailed usage.

  • Autogenerated Docs - DocBlock templates for parameter and return types.
  • Requirements - DocBlocks at the start of a file generate import summaries.
  • Access control - Public, Protected and Private flags to limit completion visibility.
  • Metamethods - Document getter and setter properties to display them as completions.
  • Data types - Describe or override parameter and return value types.
  • Expected values - Completion suggestions for function parameters.
  • Snippets - Create custom code snippets.

Integration

A selection of helpers are included to assist Attract-Mode development workflows.

  • Live Reload - Automatically reload AM+ on document save.
  • Launcher - Start AM+ from the status-bar.
  • Logging - Show console logs in the Output tab.
  • Module explorer - Custom sidebar displaying all local module versions.
  • Magic tokens - Completions and highlighting for inline magic tokens.
  • Imports - Completions for asset filenames.
  • Previews - Hover over image or video links to see a preview.
  • Drop edits - Drag then Shift + Drop files into the document to create import statements.
  • Support files - Syntax highlighting for .nut, .cfg, .log, .msg, .am files.

Credits

Kudos to the Attract-Mode developers, contributors, and community.

  • Attract-Mode Plus - by Radek Dutkiewicz
  • Attract-Mode - by Andrew Mickelson
  • Squirrel - by Alberto Demichelis
  • Prettier - by James Long and contributors
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