File Notes Viewer

File Notes Viewer adds a sidebar panel to VS Code that lists lecture items defined in a lecture.json file at your workspace root. Clicking an item opens the associated source file on the left and renders the markdown notes on the right.

Features

• Reads lecture.json from the workspace root on startup and whenever the file changes.
• Displays lecture items in a Lecture Items sidebar panel.
• Items with two or more source files expand to show each source as a child entry.
• Clicking a parent item opens the first source file; clicking a child opens that specific source.
• Source files open in the left editor group (column 1) and the notes preview stays pinned in the right editor group (column 2).
• If more than two editor groups are open, extra groups are closed before the layout is applied.

Configuration

Place a lecture.json file in the root of your workspace:

{
  "items": [
    {
      "name": "Introduction",
      "notesFile": "py/1-intro.md",
      "sourceFiles": ["py/1-intro.py"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Some C",
      "notesFile": "c/2-some-c.md",
      "sourceFiles": ["c/source.c", "c/header.h"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Summary",
      "notesFile": "summary.md",
      "sourceFiles": []
    }
  ]
}

Requirements

A lecture.json file must exist in the workspace root. The extension does nothing if the file is absent.

Release Notes

0.0.1

Initial implementation of lecture.json-driven sidebar navigation and notes preview.