xill-language README

As an Xillio consultant I wrote this extension to ease working with the Xill language by using the power of Visual Studio Code. Thanks to ChappIO for automating most of the snippets.

Features

• Snippets for all of the Xill language features
• Syntax highlighting based on a modified C# syntax highlighter
• Semi automatich code formatting**

** To format your code use CTRL+SHIFT+P, change the language to javascript, format the document using ALT+SHIFT+F and change back the language to Xill.

Planned features

• Automatic code formatting
• Automatic setup of Xill projects
• Debugging features

Extension Settings

To easily run Xill code from within Visual Studio code, please create a task for your workspace.

To create a task go to Tasks, click Configure tasks and select Create tasks.json from template. Select the Others template and replace the settings with the code below.

{
    // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
    // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "tasks": [
        {
            "label": "Run",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": "D:\\xill-ide-3.6.9\\cli\\bin\\xill",
            "args": [
                "${relativeFile}",
                "-w",
                "${workspaceFolder}"
            ],
            "group": {
                "kind": "build",
                "isDefault": true
            }
        }
    ]
}

Change the command to the location of you Xill CLI. You can find the Xill CLI here.