*> I only know how to install such packaged extensions from the marketplace.*
It's way simpler than you think: When developing and/or building an extension (to try out new features that you've added to the LeoJS codebase itself), you dont build a VSIX, nor go through the packaging process of all the metadata and so on - Here's what to do... Having Node.js <https://nodejs.org/> and Git <https://git-scm.com/> installed: You clone the repo and you open it with vscode *as a workspace.* (cd into the repo and launch vscode with '*vscode .' *the dot means open THIS folder with vscode, not some individual file(s) ) 1- run the '*npm install' *command in a terminal, (or in vscode's integrated terminal) this will install all the project folder's dependencies. 2- you just press F5 in vscode to compile and run (this will start a new vscode window with the NEW version of the extension running, replacing the existing LeoJS *without de-installing it)* That new vscode window can be live-debugged, stepped through, and inspected from the original vscode window. Tada!! ( I would recommend going through this very short tutorial https://code.visualstudio.com/api/get-started/your-first-extension in case the above didnt work ) Thanks again for trying out all that stuff ! I know how strange using a new language/framework can feel when coming from an unrelated language&environment paradigm ! Félix On Fri, May 3, 2024 at 10:49 PM Thomas Passin <tbp100...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Friday, May 3, 2024 at 9:45:46 PM UTC-4 Félix wrote: > > Thanks for this great question Thomas! > > Lastly, *for modifying LeoJS itself *(instead of running scripts from > custom @commands or @buttons, or building an extension and accessing the > LeoJS global 'g' object) you would just need to clone the LeoJS repository. > To then build and run it would be the same process as any of the VSCode > sample extensions, such as this hello-world extension > <https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-extension-samples/tree/main/helloworld-sample>. > (That is to say, running the 'npm install' in the repository folder command > to get all dependencies, and pressing F5 to start the 'run and debug' > command in VSCode.) > > > This is where I lose track of what to do. So far as I know up until now, > an extension needs to packaged in a particular way with certain metadata. > I only know how to install such packaged extensions from the marketplace. > I suppose I need to know how to run an extension when one has not gone > through all that packaging process and is not using the marketplace. Of > course, with Leo-Python you don't have to do anything special: the code is > just there and you run it. > > (BTW I have already cloned the repo). > > Another aspect of running one's modified LeoJS code is how to *not* run > the existing LeoJS (the marketplace extension) without de-installing it. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "leo-editor" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/ac9e65e0-0047-42b0-ad7b-17d8a13470fan%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/ac9e65e0-0047-42b0-ad7b-17d8a13470fan%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/CAC%3DZVRKO3v-h7uBsWim1fjKhvnb7ra10chPG_b%3DxANThygFq7Q%40mail.gmail.com.
