zbecknell / t4-support

Provides syntax highlighting for T4 Text Templates in Visual Studio Code.

T4 Support

Very basic language support for T4 Text Templates (.tt, .ttinclude) files.

For more information about using T4 templates, see Code Generation and T4 Text Templates.

Features

Provides C# syntax highlighting for embedded code within T4 templates as well as snippets for common directives and functions.

Known Issues

Currently only C# embedded highlighting is supported.

Release Notes

0.5.0

Recognize .ttinclude files.

0.4.4

Fix inverted highlighting on back-to-back blocks.

0.4.3

Fixed compatibility for files without .tt extension. Thank you @awglyde!

0.4.0

Add background highlighting of open/closing brackets (<#, #>) and code blocks for better visual separation.

0.3.2

Further fixes for syntax highlighting.

0.3.1

Minor fix in syntax highlighting.

0.3.0

Added snippets!

0.2.2

Spruced up inline code regex, which fixed an issue where code failed to exit a block.

0.2.1

Fix issue where curly braces inside code blocks prevented escaping from block.

0.2.0

Rudimentary highlighting for opening/closing brackets.

0.1.3

Add extension icon.

0.1.2

Fixed sloppy highlighting.

0.1.1

Support for VS Code versions 1.0.0 and above.

0.1.0

Initial release.

t4-support's Issues

CI/CD

Need to set up CI/CD so it's easier to publish. I have the PAT set up as the secret VSCE_PAT and will probably use this to do the work.

Braket Highlightning

If the cursor is on a braket in C# Code, the closing braket is not highlighted

Add .biml extension

Hi - I work with BIML files (https://www.varigence.com/Biml), which are basically a flavor of T4 file, and I find that if I change the .biml extension on those files to .tt extensions, your syntax highlighter seems to work.

There is no specific .biml file syntax highlighting extension out there for VS Code, so I wonder if you could add the .biml extension as a supported extension for your t4-support project. You might find that you get some more downloads from people who work with BIML and would like to use VS Code.

Personalize background color

Is it possible to change the background color of the T4 code blocks?

Configurable Extensions

We have our own extension for T4 Templates.
Would it be possible to add a setting to make them configurable?

Background color switches when 2 blocks follow each other

Hi, and thanks for this extension!

I discovered that if 2 blocks follow each other the background color (used to highlight C# code) is inverted on the rest of the file.

With a space between the 2 blocks everything goes back to normal.

Problem seems to come from:

t4-support/src/extension.ts

Line 53 in 2912843

const regEx = /(<#@|<#\+|<#=|<#|#>)+/g;

When I hover between the 2 blocks I have T4 Bracket #><#=.