INSTRUCTIONS TO CONFIGURE JCSHELL SCRIPTING LANGUAGE ON VISUAL STUDIO CODE

1. Copy jcsh directory to %USERPROFILE%\.vscode\extensions.

2. Restart Visual Studio Code.

3. Configure a new task in your tasks.json file (Terminal>Configure tasks). Don't forget to change the base path for JCShell twice.

   {
       "type": "shell",
       "label": "Run .jcsh script",
       "command": "d:/tools/jcshell/5.17/jcshell.bat",
       "args": [
           "-v",
           "-x",
           "-d",
           "-f",
           "${file}"
       ],
       "group": {
           "kind": "build",
           "isDefault": true
       },
       "presentation": {
           "reveal": "always",
           "focus": false,
           "echo": true,
           "showReuseMessage": false,
           "panel": "new",
           "clear": false,
       },
       "options": {
           // very important: without this scripts won't run as expected ie. won't print apdus
           "cwd": "d:/tools/jcshell/5.17"
       },
       "runOptions": {},
       "problemMatcher": []
   }
   

4. Open a script .jcsh and run it from Terminal > Run task.

Sources

• Instructions for creating a custom language.
• Configure language ie. to comment line.
• Task configuration ie. to run jcsh script.
• JCShell language definition.
• Configure keybindings ie. Idea keybindings