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Snake Trail

Snake Trail

richie5um2

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Shows a snake trail for your edited text
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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What is it?

Creates an animated trail for changes made to the text document.

It is mostly pointless, but, kinda fun. Maybe.

Install

  • Install via VSCode extensions install.

Usage

  • Ensure it is enabled and then just type.

Example

Example

Enable/Disable

You can enable/disable the plugin using the command:

  • SnakeTrail.Enable
  • SnakeTrail.Disable

If you want to re-read any configuration changes, disable then enable.

Configuration

  • You can modify the snake trail color (default / light / dark)
    • "snakeTrail.color": "0,255,0"
    • "snakeTrail.colorLight": "0,255,0"
    • "snakeTrail.colorDark": "0,255,0"
  • You can modify the snake trail fade
    • "snakeTrail.fadeMS": 100
      • milliseconds
    • "snakeTrail.fadeStart": 1.0
      • the starting opacity value (between 0 and 1.0)
    • "snakeTrail.fadeEnd": 0.2
      • the final opacity value (between 0 and 1.0)
    • "snakeTrail.fadeStep": 0.1
      • the step decrement

Open Source

If you like but want to make changes/improvemnents, please submit PRs rather than forking.

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