joho / pico8-vscode

A vscode extension for working with pico-8 cartridges.

pico8-vscode

A new vscode extension for editing and running pico8 files.

I recommend having a separate pico8 workspace for doing dev in. I keep mine at ~/Projects/pico8 and it looks a bit like this

pico8
├── backup
├── bbs
├── carts
│   └── hello.p8
├── cdata
├── config.txt
├── cstore
├── log.txt
└── sdl_controllers.txt

This then allows me to open the workspace from the command line like

joho6[19:22:03]:~/Projects/pico8
👻  code .

The benefit of this is that any edits and saves you make within pico8 (for example doing graphics or sound) will be written back into the workspace where you would expect it, rather than into the default home which is likely to be far, far away from the warm embrace of source control

Features

• Syntax highlighting for *.p8 files
• If used in workspace mode will set the pico8 home to your workspace
• CMD+R to open automatically run the .p8 you're editing in pico8
• A humane licence (no twitter egg anti-sjw MIT variant here)

Requirements

You need to have pico8.

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

• pico8.executablePath: path to where your pico8 actually is (default is /Applications/PICO-8.app/Contents/MacOS/pico8)

Known Issues

Best I can say is that it "works on my machine"

Release Notes

0.0.1

Initial release of pico8-vscode

License

All code is by John Barton and MIT licensed with the exception of the syntaxes folder which is covered by the original author's license

pico8-vscode's Issues

breadcrumbs / outline missing

when toggling breadcrumbs or the outline nothing appears!

shortcut for running conflicts on windows

windows + r is how you open the run dialogue on windows, so it can't be bound to run a pico cart in vs code.

I might suggest ctrl + shift + r?

Needs a screencast demo

Hax to get a file onto github to hotlink from the readme 😺

Suggestion: Add syntax highlighting to spritesheet data

Add syntax highlighting to spritesheet data, the part after __gfx__. 0 would be colored black, 1 dark blue, etc. It would make my life a lot easier when collaborating with other people.
Please correct me if this is complicated or impossible.

use vscode terminal with printh()

would love it if I could get my debug messages into vscode rather than terminal

Problem running pico8 from editor

When trying to Super-R while editing a .p8 file nothing happens in the UI.
Harvested the following via VSCode's Toggle Developer Tools:
I can run pico8 by copying the path to pico8 from the extension's setting and pasting it into VSCode terminal window.

"Error: spawn ~/Programs/pico8/pico8 ENOENT
at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:264:19)
at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:456:16)
at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:84:9)"