Carta in VS Code

Run and view CARTA (Cube Analysis and Rendering Tool for Astronomy) as a tab inside VS Code.

Preview

CARTA in Full Screen

CARTA in Split Screen

Requirements

• CARTA must be installed on your system: https://cartavis.org/
• The carta executable must be visible from terminal, i.e. in PATH or path environment variables

Installation

Visual Studio Marketplace

1. Go to: marketplace/kwazzi-jack.carta-in-vscode
2. Install directly via handler or follow instructions for manual install

Visual Studio Code Extensions

1. Open Visual Studio Code
2. Open the Extensions view (Ctrl+Shift+X / Cmd+Shift+X on macOS)
3. Search for Carta in VS Code
4. Click Install

Command Line

code --install-extension kwazzi-jack.carta-in-vscode

Usage

1. Run command: CARTA: Open Viewer
2. To stop the server: CARTA: Stop Server

If you open VS Code on a folder, it will automatically provide that as the root for CARTA. Otherwise, a folder selector is provided.

Compatibility

• VS Code 1.85.0 or higher
• Tested on VS Code 1.85.0, 1.100.0, stable, and insiders
• Supported platforms: Linux (Ubuntu), macOS, Windows

Author

• Brian Welman (@kwazzi-jack)

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Disclaimer

This is an unofficial extension. The official CARTA maintainers were not involved in its development.