vscode-texinfo

Texinfo language support for Visual Studio Code.

Features

• Syntax Highlighting
  • Provided by the same TextMate grammar as used in GitHub.
• Code Completion
  • Completion and code snippets for most @-commands.
• Preview
  • Display HTML preview in a webview.
  • Support loading custom CSS for preview.
  • Texinfo to HTML conversion is provided by GNU Texinfo.
• Folding
  • Fold on nodes, block commands and multiline comments.
  • Breadcrumb navigation of folding blocks.
• Diagnostics
  • Show diagnostic information in editor based on error and warning messages generated by GNU Texinfo.

Requirements

• Visual Studio Code version >= 1.40.0. Legacy versions may also work.
• A latest version of GNU Texinfo.

Extension Settings

See File -> Preferences -> Settings -> Extensions -> Texinfo for details. The settings are self-explanatory.

Notes

• If syntax highlighting is not satisfactory, try another color theme (e.g. Solarized Light/Dark, Monokai) where keyword/operator colors are distinct.
• Preview content is updated on document save rather than document change, as Texinfo documents tend to be rather large, and incremental conversion is not yet supported.
• For macOS users: Preinstalled GNU Texinfo distribution is very old. Use a latest one instead. This can be easily done by brew install texinfo and change extension setting texinfo.makeinfo value.

Contributing

Send an email to bug-report@cismon.net to report bugs or submit patches.

Future Plans

• Implement Language Server Protocol for the Texinfo language, preferably by extending GNU Texinfo, to alleviate the limitations of the current implementaion.