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CSound VSCode

CSound VSCode

Pasquale Mainolfi

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30 installs
| (0) | Free
csound vscode support
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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csound-vscode

Features

  • Tree-sitter based grammar for CSound files
  • Language Server (LSP) written in Rust
  • Provides hover information, completion suggestions, and error diagnostics
  • Compatible with CSound 7

Requirements

  • CSound 7 installed
  • On macOS: the first time you run the LSP, you may need to authorize the executable in System Preferences-Security & Privacy-Privacy

Release Notes

0.0.5

  • Implemented proper recognition of score symbols
  • Added support for embedded script blocks inside the score section
  • Implemented autocompletion for flags inside the Options block
  • Fixed a bug that prevented correct recognition of .sco, .orc, and .udo files
  • Fixed several general parsing and stability issues across the grammar and tooling.

0.0.3

  • add language icons

0.0.2

  • Fixed several issues in the language server to improve stability and reliability when analyzing CSound files (.csd, .orc, .sco, .udo)
  • The grammar has been enhanced for better parsing of score, options, and udo blocks, with fixes for edge cases
  • The language server now provides contextual completions for options defined in <CsOptions> blocks
  • Detection of declared but unused variables has been improved and now highlights them correctly using semantic tokens
  • Completed semantic token mapping to support VS Code highlighting, covering variables, parameters, numbers, strings, functions, macros, types, comments, keywords, operators, and namespaces

0.0.1

  • Initial release
  • Uses Tree-sitter grammar for accurate parsing of CSound code
  • LSP implemented in Rust to provide hover, completion, and error recognition features
  • Fully compatible with CSound 7
  • macOS users: you must authorize the LSP executable in the system’s privacy/security settings to run it correctly
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