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diff --git a/vsc-extension-quickstart.md b/vsc-extension-quickstart.md deleted file mode 100644 index 7e23978..0000000 --- a/vsc-extension-quickstart.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,35 +0,0 @@ -# Welcome to your VS Code Extension - -## What's in the folder - -* This folder contains all of the files necessary for your color theme extension - -* `package.json` - this is the manifest file that defines the location of the theme file and specifies the base theme of the theme - -* `themes/Arc Dark-color-theme.json` - the color theme definition file - -## Get up and running straight away - -* press `F5` to open a new window with your extension loaded -* open `File > Preferences > Color Themes` and pick your color theme -* Open a file that has a language associated. The languages' configured grammar will tokenize the text and assign 'scopes' to the tokens. To examine these scopes, invoke the `Inspect TM Scopes` command from the Commmand Palette (`Ctrl+Shift+P` or `Cmd+Shift+R` on Mac) . - -## Make changes - -* you can relaunch the extension from the debug toolbar after making changes to the files listed above -* you can also reload (`Ctrl+R` or `Cmd+R` on Mac) the VS Code window with your extension to load your changes -* When editing workbench colors, it's easiest to test the colors in the settings under `workbench.colorCustomizations`. When done, run the `Generate Color Theme From Current Settings` command to generate an updated content for the color theme definition file. - -## Adopt your theme to Visual Studio Code - -* The token colorization is done based on standard TextMate themes. Colors are matched against one or more scopes. - -To learn about what scopes are used where, check out the [TextMate documentation](https://manual.macromates.com/en/themes) -and the [Scope Naming](https://www.sublimetext.com/docs/3/scope_naming.html) documentation from Sublime. - -* A great place to examine themes is [here](https://tmtheme-editor.herokuapp.com/#!/editor/theme/Monokai). - -## Install your extension - -* To start using your extension with Visual Studio Code copy it into the `<user home>/.vscode/extensions` folder and restart Code. -* To share your extension with the world, read on https://code.visualstudio.com/docs about publishing an extension. |