String-LE: Zero Hassle Extraction

Instantly extract every user-visible string in VSCode
JSON YAML CSV TOML INI ENV

CSV Streaming (Editor) animation

Screenshot Guide

✅ Why String‑LE

FullStack i18n: Extract and dedupe locale strings (en.json, fr.json, etc.).
APIs: Catalog response and validation messages from JSON, YAML, .env, and config files.
Configs/Specs: Flatten text in YAML, TOML, INI, and OpenAPI specs for fast, confident edits.
CSVs: Stream huge files, pick columns, and avoid UI lockups.

🚀 Quick Start

Install from VS Code Marketplace
Open any supported file type Cmd/Ctrl + P String-LE
Quick Extract with Cmd+Alt+E/Ctrl+Alt+E/StatusBar

⚡ Performance

String‑LE is built for speed across all supported formats:

Format	Throughput	Best For
ENV	4M+ lines/sec	Environment configs
JSON	1.8M+ lines/sec	APIs, large datasets
INI	1.3M+ lines/sec	Configuration files
TOML	530K+ lines/sec	Modern configs
CSV	440K+ lines/sec	Tabular data
YAML	190K+ lines/sec	Human-readable configs

See PERFORMANCE.md for detailed benchmarks and optimization guidelines.

📊 Test Coverage

100% unit coverage on pure extraction and transforms
Contract tests for configuration side‑effects and parse‑error handling
Data‑driven fixtures with golden expected outputs per format
CSV streaming paths covered (batching, header/column selection)
Stable locale sorting and dedupe normalization in harness

See TESTING.md

Test Coverage Report

👉 Expand Detailed Documentation

🛠 Configuration

string-le.openResultsSideBySide – Open to the side
string-le.csv.streamingEnabled – Toggle CSV streaming
string-le.dedupeEnabled – Auto-dedupe strings
string-le.sortEnabled – Auto-sort output
Safety Guards – File size warnings & thresholds
Notification Levels – Control verbosity and alerts

⚠️ Behaviors & limits

CSV support assumes standard delimiter/quoting; unusual dialects not supported
Large outputs can be slow to open — use Copy when prompted
Streaming applies only to CSV; other formats load in memory
Multi-line strings (e.g., YAML block scalars) are only partially supported
CSV multi-line and all-column extracts stream to the editor only (no auto-copy)
Sorting and deduplication apply to final strings, not their original positions
Fallback mode uses quoted-string heuristics and may include false positives

See CONFIGURATION.md

🌍 Language Support

English + 12 translations

Chinese (Simplified), Spanish, French, Russian, Portuguese (Brazil)
Japanese, Korean, German, Italian, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Indonesian

See I18N.md

🔒 Privacy & Telemetry

This extension runs entirely locally and never sends data off your machine Optional, local-only logs can be enabled via string-le.telemetryEnabled To help troubleshoot (Output panel → “String-LE”)

See PRIVACY.md

🤝 Contributing

We welcome all contributions! Whether it's code, ideas, or feedback

Project: Issues • Pull Requests • Releases
Dev: Spec • Architecture • Development • Contributing • Troubleshooting
Docs: Commands • Notifications • Status Bar • Config • Performance • I18N • Privacy • Screenshots • Workflow

See CONTRIBUTING.md

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