Candli Activity VS Code Extension

Syntax highlighting support for the Candli activity language used by .cact tutorial/activity files.

Features

• Syntax highlighting for Candli activity files
• Bracket matching and auto-closing
• Folding support for step bodies
• Grammar tests for the main parser-backed constructs

The grammar is based on the current Candli activity parser in app-core/src/activity/parser.rs and on the shipped activity files in the game creator repository.

Covered Syntax

• step headers with optional image paths
• Step descriptions as multiline quoted strings
• define, capture, check, and run items
• Configuration changes with +, -, @, and > operators
• achieves metadata and if run metadata
• Rule statements, unique, =>, relation operators, and ... wildcards
• Object kinds (background, kinematic, dynamic, foreground, screen)
• Mean keywords (arithmetic, geometric, harmonic)

Installation

From VS Code marketplace

Search for "Candli" in the VS Code extensions panel.

From source

git clone https://github.com/enlightware/cact-vscode.git
cd cact-vscode
npm install
npm run package
code --install-extension cact-*.vsix

Development

Prerequisites:

• Node.js 18+
• npm

Install dependencies:

make install

Validate the TextMate grammar:

make test

Package the extension:

make package

License

Apache-2.0