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Better Lisp Syntax

Better Lisp Syntax

Jeff Hykin

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Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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What does this do?

This will get you the bleeding-edge syntax highlighting for Lisp. Which means your theme will be able to color your code better.

NOTE! Disable the bracket-pair-colorizer for best effects. Do this by adding the following to your settings.json.

    "[lisp]": {
        "editor.bracketPairColorization.enabled": false,
    },

NOTE: The default VS Code theme does not color much. Switch to the Dark+ theme (installed by default) or use a theme like one of the following to benefit from the changes:

  • XD Theme
  • Noctis
  • Kary Pro Colors
  • Material Theme
  • One Monokai Theme
  • Winteriscoming
  • Popping and Locking
  • Syntax Highlight Theme
  • Default Theme Enhanced

How do I use it?

Just install the VS Code extension and the changes will automatically be applied to all relevent files.

Before and After (Material Theme)

Before After
before after

Contributing

If you'd like to help improve the syntax, take a look at main/main.rb. And make sure to take a look at CONTRIBUTING.md to get a better idea of how code works.

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