PostScript (Ghostscript) language support for VS Code: syntax highlighting, code snippets, language server with intelligent completions, and a full-featured debugger with breakpoints, variable inspection, and step-through debugging
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
A Visual Studio Code extension for PostScript (Ghostscript): syntax highlighting, language server, code snippets, and a debugger that runs PostScript files with Ghostscript.
Features
Language support — Grammar and language configuration for .ps and .eps files (aliases: PostScript, GhostScript).
Syntax highlighting — PostScript source highlighting via source.postscript scope.
Document outline — Outline / document symbols (arrays, dictionaries, procedures, strings, names, numbers) provided by the built-in PostScript Language Server.
Code snippets — Snippets for operators and errors.
Debugger — Run and debug PostScript with Ghostscript, with breakpoints, step operations, and debug console output.
PostScript Compilation — Compile PostScript files directly from the editor with a toolbar button or command.
Project Configuration — Define project-specific settings, dependencies, build arguments, and custom Ghostscript paths via postscript.config.json.
Intelligent Completion — Smart code completion with enhanced sorting, subsequence matching, and snippet integration.
Enhanced Ghostscript Detection — Improved auto-detection with validation and fallback strategies for reliable Ghostscript integration.
Requirements
Ghostscript installed and available on PATH, or specify the full path in settings.
Automatic detection order:
Windows: gswin64c → gswin32c → gs
macOS/Linux: gs
Quick Usage
Open .ps or .eps file
Use Outline view for document structure
Press F5 to start debugging with Ghostscript
Click the compile button in the editor toolbar to compile PostScript
Create a postscript.config.json in your project root for custom build configuration
