PureBasic Language Support for VSCode

A Visual Studio Code extension that provides comprehensive PureBasic language support.

Features

Basic Language Support

• ✅ Syntax Highlighting: Support for PureBasic keywords, strings, comments, numbers, etc.
• ✅ Code Folding: Support for folding procedures, functions, loops, and conditional statements
• ✅ Bracket Matching: Automatic matching of brackets and quotes
• ✅ Comment Support: Line comment (;) support

Intelligent Language Features

• ✅ Auto Completion: Keywords, functions, variables, and procedure name completion
• ✅ Go to Definition: Jump to function/procedure definition locations
• ✅ Find All References: Show all usage locations of variables/functions
• ✅ Hover Information: Display function signatures, variable types, and other information
• ✅ Error Diagnostics: Real-time syntax checking and error highlighting
• ✅ Rename Symbol: Safely rename variables, functions, etc.
• ✅ Code Formatting: Automatic code style formatting

Supported PureBasic Features

• PureBasic keywords (Procedure, EndProcedure, If, EndIf, For, Next, etc.)
• Data types (Integer, String, Float, etc.)
• Built-in functions (OpenWindow(), CreateGadgetList(), etc.)
• Procedure and function definitions
• Structures and arrays
• API calls and library references

Installation

Development Version

1. Clone this repository
2. Run npm install to install dependencies
3. Run npm run compile to compile TypeScript
4. Press F5 in VSCode to start debugging

Release Version

Search for "PureBasic Language Support" in the VSCode Extension Marketplace and install

Usage

1. Create or open a .pb or .pbi file
2. Start writing PureBasic code
3. Enjoy intelligent code completion, syntax highlighting, and other features

Example Code

; Simple PureBasic example
Procedure.i AddNumbers(a.i, b.i)
    ProcedureReturn a + b
EndProcedure

If OpenWindow(0, 0, 0, 400, 300, "PureBasic Window", #PB_Window_SystemMenu | #PB_Window_ScreenCentered)
    TextGadget(0, 10, 10, 200, 20, "Hello, PureBasic!")
    
    Repeat
        Event = WaitWindowEvent()
    Until Event = #PB_Event_CloseWindow
    
    CloseWindow(0)
EndIf

Development

Project Structure

vscode-purebasic/
├── package.json                 # Extension configuration file
├── syntaxes/purebasic.tmLanguage.json  # TextMate syntax definition
├── language-configuration.json  # Language configuration
├── src/
│   ├── extension.ts            # Extension entry point
│   └── server/
│       └── server.ts           # Language server
├── README.md
└── .vscodeignore

Build and Test

• npm install: Install dependencies
• npm run compile: Compile TypeScript
• npm run watch: Watch for file changes and auto-compile
• F5: Start debugging in VSCode

Contributing

Issues and Pull Requests are welcome!

License

MIT License