12d MTF Snippet Support

VS Code language support for 12d Model *.mtfsnippet files, providing syntax highlighting and high-value authoring snippets.

This is a pure language extension — no runtime code, no execution, no validation.

Quick start

1. Install the extension 12d MTF Snippet Support
2. Open any file with the .mtfsnippet extension
3. Start typing a snippet prefix and press Tab, or use Ctrl+Space to trigger IntelliSense

Features

• Syntax highlighting for *.mtfsnippet
• Line comments:
  • // normal comments
  • Directive-style comments such as // PARAMETER, // DISPLAY, // INFO
• Block comments:
  • /* ... */
• Highlighting for control-flow directives:
  • @ if, @ else, @ end_if, @ repeat, @ end_repeat
• Logical operators: &&, ||
• Arithmetic operators: + - * /
• Token highlighting:
  • $() variables
  • $(_XXXX) macro aliases
• Token awareness inside strings when wrapped in $()
• Authoring snippets via IntelliSense

Included snippets

Control flow

@ def_tok

Insert & fixed patterns

All snippets are generic and make no domain assumptions.

Examples

Control flow

@ if ${condition} // statements @ end_if

Token definition

@ def_tok "${NAME}" "${VALUE}"

Insert / fixed pattern

insert "Design=>$(LN)" "red" ${width} ${height} ${xfall} $(_SCH) 0 $(_ECH) 0 $(_ASE) // comment

Screenshots

Syntax highlighting

Snippet IntelliSense

File association

This extension activates on: *.mtfsnippet

Scope and limitations

This extension does not provide:

• Validation or linting
• Formatting
• Semantic analysis
• Execution or runtime features
• Language Server Protocol (LSP)

It is intentionally limited to syntax awareness and authoring assistance.