vscode-gle: A VS Code extension for the GLE language

A Visual Studio Code extension that provides language support for the GLE (Graphics Layout Engine) scripting language used to generate high-quality plots, figures and diagrams.

Features

Declarative language features for GLE

• Syntax highlighting
  
  • based on TextMate grammar file for GLE
  • 2 built-in themes (light and dark) based on standard vscode themes
• Folding and auto-indentation
• Snippets
  • for loop, if statement
  • set commands
  • subroutines
  • begin ... end blocks
    

Programmatic language features for GLE

Document link

Open external files called in the GLE script

• include files (include <filename>)
• data files (data <filename> ... or colormap <filename> ...)

Color decorator

• add a color decorator in front of color functions
  • color rgb(r,g,b)
  • color rgba(r,g,b,a)
  • color <colorname>
• the color can be changed from vscode color picker

(Q)GLE from the vscode editor

The GLE script can be built from directly from vscode, using Run GLE button, or using right-click in the editor.
The following command will be executed: gle [options] <this_script.gle>.
Build options can be set in the gle.argsGLE setting.

It is also possible to preview the script with QGLE (GLE GUI), using QGLE previewer button, or using right-click in the editor or explorer.

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

• General settings
  • gle.includePath: Set the absolute include path for GLE scripts (i.e., gleinc folder).
• GLE settings
  • gle.pathToGLE: Set the path to the GLE application.
  • gle.argsGLE: Set the command-line options for running GLE (e.g., ["-d jpg", "-r 200"])
• QGLE settings
  • gle.activateQGLE: Enable/disable call to QGLE previewer (disable it if QGLE is not installed).
  • gle.pathToQGLE: Set the path to the QGLE previewer.

Regarding the color decorators, you can use the following editor settings:

• editor.colorDecorators: Enable/disable color decorators
• editor.colorDecoratorsActivatedOn: Condition to make a color picker appear from a color decorator (click and/or hover)

Issues

Please report issues and feature requests on the GitHub page.

Release Notes

See the CHANGELOG for a complete list of changes.

0.3.0 [preview]

Initial release of vscode-gle extension