Jac Extension

This extension provides support for the Jac programming language. It provides syntax highlighting and leverages the LSP to provide a rich editing experience.

Quick Start

When you install the extension you will need to add a setting to your settings.json file that points to the python path of your Jaseci environment.

1. Activate your python environment where for which Jaseci is installed.
2. Create a .vscode/settings.json file in your project root if one is not already present.
3. Go to your terminal and run which python and copy the path.
4. Update your settings.json file in the .vscode directory by adding jac.pythonPath to the settings object with the path you copied.

Example:

{
  "jac.pythonPath": "/Users/john_doe/mambaforge/envs/jac/bin/python"
}

Features

• Code completion
• Syntax highlighting
• Snippets
• Go to definition
• Document symbols, workspace symbols
• Variables hint, and documentation on hover
• Diagnostics

Contributing

Install Server Dependencies

1. python -m venv env
2. python -m pip install -e . from root directory
3. Create .vscode/settings.json file and set jac.pythonPath to point to your python environment where jaseci is installed

Install Client Dependencies

Open terminal and execute following commands:

1. yarn install
2. cd client/ && yarn install

Run Extension

1. Open this directory in VS Code
2. Open debug view (ctrl + shift + D)
3. Select Server + Client and press F5