SuperCollider Extension for VS Code

Features

• Limited syntax highlighting
• Limited code completion, including:
  • Regular method completions like foo.bar
  • Class method completions like Foo.bar
  • Environment variable references like ~envir (broken right now)
  • Names of def-style references like Pdef(\foo or Ndef(\bar
  • Argument hints for method calls and constructors
• Go-todefinition for classes and methods
• Evaluate selection, line, and region
• Decorations and notifications to show successful/failed execution

How to Install

1. Download a current develop build of SuperCollider (the extension requires recent changes you may not have) https://supercollider.s3.amazonaws.com/builds/supercollider/supercollider/osx/develop-latest.html https://supercollider.s3.amazonaws.com/builds/supercollider/supercollider/win32/develop-latest.html https://supercollider.s3.amazonaws.com/builds/supercollider/supercollider/win64/develop-latest.html

2. Download the .vsix file from the latest release: https://github.com/scztt/vscode-supercollider/releases

3. Install the extension in vscode (from the command palette: "Extensions: Install from VSIX...")

4. In your user settings (from the command palette: "Preferences: Open User Settings"), search for SuperCollider. Set the following settings:

   Supercollider › Sclang: Cmd

   The path to your sclang executable (e.g. /Applications/SuperCollider.app/Contents/MacOS/sclang on mac or C:\Program Files\SuperCollider\sclang.exe on windows)

   Supercollider › Sclang: Conf Yaml

   The path to your conf.yaml file - you can find this in the current SuperCollider IDE in Preferences -> Interpreter -> Active Config File. You can also create an empty .yaml in a location of your choiuce and point to that.

5. Install the LanguageServer.quark - from the VSCode command palette, choose "SuperCollider: Update LanguageServer.quark". NOTE: Installing the LanguageServer.quark will conflict with using the built-in SCIde. See the note below for a workaround.

6. Open a project folder containing .scd or .sc files! Most existing IDE commands are available in VSCode, you can find them by searching for "SuperCollider" from the command palette. Some are already mapped to the expecte keyboard shortcuts (e.g. Cmd+Enter and Cmd+Period), some are not (you can use the gear icon next to the command to set keyboard shortcuts).

Development

How to get started

1. Clone repository:

   git clone --recursive https://github.com/scztt/vscode-supercollider.git
   cd vscode-supercollider
   

2. Install npm dependencies:

   npm install
   

3. Build or download the supercollider topic/refactor-com-port branch:

   CI builds: https://github.com/supercollider/supercollider/actions?query=branch%3Atopic%2Frefactor-com-port++ (click the most recent green build, scroll to "Artifacts" to find the builds)

   https://github.com/supercollider/supercollider/tree/topic/refactor-com-port

4. Install LanguageServer.quark

   // (in SuperCollider...)
   Quarks.install("/path/to/vscode-supercollider/LanaguageServer.quark")
   

How to run

1. Open vscode-supercollider folder in vscode.
2. Before first launch / when changing .ts files: Run: Build Task -> tsc:build
3. To launch a debug environment, Debug: Start Debugging.
4. On first launch of the debug environment:
   • Configure the extension settings in Preferences: Open Settings (UI), search for SuperCollider
   • sclang path and sclang_conf path are required settings - these can be found in the ScIDE Preferences dialog

Usage

• One sclang process will launch per workspace, any time an .sc / .scd file is opened.
• Process output can be viewed in Output window, by selecting "supercollider"
• Several commands are defined for SuperCollider contexts - these are visible in the command palette (Cmd+P) by searching for SuperCollider. Remember that you can set keyboard shortcut commands for these to replicate the ScIDE experience.

Bugs / Feature requests

Please report bugs or feature requests on the GitHub issues page for the extension: https://github.com/scztt/vscode-supercollider

Error: duplicate Class found: 'Document'

The LanguageServer Quark provides a Document class that replaces the built-in one that is provided by SCIDE. Unfortunately, both Document classes cannot be installed at once, which means that installing the LanguageServer quark will cause compile errors in SCIDE. To resolve this:

1. Make a copy of your sclang_conf.yaml file, e.g. sclang_conf_vscode.yaml - you can find the location in the SCIDE preferences.
2. In VSCode's settings, find the "Path to sclang_conf.yaml" setting - point this path to your new yaml file.
3. Quark will be installed separately to one of the two yaml files, depending on which IDE you are using - remember that if you're switching between IDE's, you'll need to install quarks separately in each.| This problem will be resolved in the future, see https://github.com/users/scztt/projects/1?pane=issue&itemId=3131661