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Contest client for VSCode

install

This extension is available in the Visual Studio marketplace. Please don't forget to also install the server.

use

Arrange a terminal and VSCode on your screen(s) so that you see both. You can use the terminal built into VSCode or an external one here.
Start the server by running contest in that terminal.
Open Visual Studio's command palette by pressing (Ctrl-Shift-P or Cmd-Shift-P). Enter contest to trim the list of available commands. Choose one of these commands:

Test the active file on save	Tests the file that is active in your editor when you save
Test the active file on double-save	Tests the file that is active in your editer when you save twice within 500ms
Test everything	Runs all tests once
Test everything on save	Runs all tests every time you save any file in your editor
Test everything on double-save	Runs all tests every time you save twice within 500 milliseconds
Test this file	Tests the file that is active at the time you choose this command onec
Test this file on save	Tests the file that is active when you run this command, each time you save any file in your editor, no matter which file is active when you save
Test this file on double-save	Tests the file that is active when you run this command, each time you save any file twice within 500 milliseconds no matter which file is active when you save
Test this line in this file	Runs the test for the given line in the currently active file
Test this line in this file on save	Runs the test for the given line in the currently active file, each time you save any file
Test this line in this file on double-save	Runs the test for the given line in the currently active file, each time you save any file twice within 500 milliseconds
Repeat the last test	re-runs the last test that Contest ran, once
Start/Stop repeat the last test on save	re-runs the last test that Contest ran, each time you save any file
Start/Stop repeat the last test on double-save	re-runs the last test that Contest ran, each time you save any file twice within 500 ms
Stop the current test	If a test is currently running or hanging, stops it
Quit the Contest server	If the Contest server or the terminal/shell that the server runs in hangs, sends a signal to the server to quit

develop

See the developer guide.