cpptheme

cpptheme is a Visual Studio Code extension for C++ development environments. It provides additional C++ syntax highlighting, keybindings, Simplified Chinese localization, a product icon theme, and color themes.

Make

Building requires Node.js, Git, npm, and vsce:

npm install --global @vscode/vsce
node build.js

The resulting extension package is written to .build/cpptheme.vsix.

To install the generated extension locally, ensure that the code command is available and run:

node install.js

Usage

After making changes, ensure that node build.js completes successfully. The main project components are described below.

Grammars

contributes/grammars/ contains TextMate grammar rules injected into the C++ grammar. These rules currently cover modules, noexcept, preprocessor directives, and punctuation.

Keybindings

contributes/keybindings/ contains the keybinding update table and the implementation that rewrites user keybindings. Changes to update.json must remain valid VS Code keybinding entries.

Localizations

contributes/localizations/ contains replacement and update tables for the Simplified Chinese localization. The build script retrieves upstream translations from microsoft/vscode-loc and applies these rules to the generated files.

Product Icon Themes

contributes/product-icon-themes/ contains the product icon theme definition. During the build, the required font is obtained from @vscode/codicons and written to .build/.

Themes

contributes/themes/ contains the editor color themes. cpptheme-light.json is generated from cpptheme-dark.json during the build. Changes affecting both themes should be made to the dark theme and the color mapping in build.js. cpptheme-tokyo.json is maintained independently.

License

This project is distributed under the GNU General Public License version 3. See license.txt for the full license text.