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VS Code for Writers

VS Code for Writers

Dan Spinola

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Extension Pack with useful extensions for fiction writers.
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VS Code for Writers

This is an Extension Pack with some useful extensions and tools for fiction writers.

Please, take a look at each extension to decide if they'll be useful for you and for further specific instructions.

Enjoy!

Included Extensions

  • Typewriter Scroll Mode: Use vscode like a typewriter.
  • AlexJS Linter: Find gender favouring, race related, religion inconsiderate or other unequal phrasing.
  • vscode-textlint: Integrates Textlint into VS Code.
  • Spell Right: Multilingual, Offline and Lightweight Spellchecker.
  • SpellChecker: Offline spell checker.
  • Write Good Linter: Applies the Write Good Linter to your Markdown, so you can write more good.
  • Markdown All in One: All you need to write Markdown (keyboard shortcuts, table of contents, auto preview and more).
  • Markdown Fiction Writer: Tools for writing fiction.
  • markdownlint: Markdown linting and style checking for Visual Studio Code.
  • writingHelper: Get all the benefits of Grammarly & Linggle.
  • LaTeX Workshop: Boost LaTeX typesetting efficiency with preview, compile, autocomplete, colorize, and more.
  • vscode-mindmap: Fork of vscode-mindmap with i18n support and English as default.
  • Kanban: Kanban board for Visual Studio Code.
  • Foam: VS Code + Markdown + Wikilinks for your note taking and knowledge base.
  • Better Fountain: Fountain autocomplete, syntax highlighting, and export to PDF.
  • Pomodoro Timer: Pomodoro Timer for vscode.
  • Word Count: A status bar contribution that reports out the number of works in a Markdown document as you interact with it.
  • vscode-pandoc: Renders markdown through pandoc.
  • Office Viewer: View word,excel files in vscode.
  • Office Theme: Microsoft Office(like) theme for VScode.
  • Slack Theme: Color scheme inspired by Slack's default themes.
  • papercolor-vscode: The popular color theme from VIM to VS Code.
  • Nüshu: A VSCode theme that will continue to fade with time.
  • Typewriter Sounds: This extension makes keystroke and carriage return noises as you type your readme and then everywhere else.
  • Project Manager: Easily switch between projects.
  • reStructuredText: reStructuredText language support (RST/ReST linter, preview, IntelliSense and more).
  • Dictionary Completion: Word Completion.
  • Altervista Thesaurus: A thesaurus using the API provided by altervista.org.
  • VSCode Notion: Browse Notion pages directly in Visual Studio Code.
  • Babel: An extension for writers to create and manage stories using VSCode.
  • :emojisense:: Adds suggestions and autocomplete for emoji.
  • VSCode Speech: Text to speech (useful for proofreading).
  • Read Time: Perfect for writers who want an estimate how for long it may take to read your markdown.
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