VSCode extension used by Talon Voice

VSCode extension used by my personal Talon scripts.

Available in the vscode marketplace as Andreas Talon

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Commands

Many of the commands take arguments and return values that can only be used with the Command server

File commands

• andreas.getFilename(): string
  Get filename of active file.
• andreas.copyFilename()
  Copy filename of active file to clipboard.
• andreas.newFile(name?: string)
  Create new file. Uses selected text and current file extension as suggestion.
• andreas.duplicateFile(name?: string)
  Create duplicate/copy of active file.
• andreas.renameFile(name?: string)
  Rename active file.
• andreas.removeFile()
  Remove/delete the active file.
• andreas.moveFile()
  Move active file to new directory.
• andreas.formatWorkspaceFiles()
  Format workspace files.
• andreas.formatSelectedFiles()
  Format selected files. Used by file explorer context menu.

Edit commands

• andreas.generateRange(start: number = 1)
  Generate numerical range. Starts from 1 by default
• andreas.increment(value?: number)
  Increment selected number.
• andreas.decrement(value?: number)
  Decrement selected number.

Navigation commands

• andreas.openEditorAtIndex(index: number)
  Open editor/tab at given index. Negative indices are counted from the back.
• andreas.focusTab(hint: string)
  Focus tab by hint. Hints range [A-ZZ].
• andreas.goToLine(line: number)
  Go to line number.
• andreas.selectTo(line: number)
  Select from current location to specified line.
• andreas.lineMiddle()
  Move cursor to middle of the current line.

Text commands

• andreas.getDocumentText(): string | null
  Get document text.
• andreas.getSelectedText(): string[] | null
  Get selected text.
• andreas.getDictationContext(): {before: string, after: string} | null
  Get text before and after selection. Used for context sensitive dictation.
• andreas.getClassName(): string | null
  Get class name. Useful for inserting constructors in C++/Java.
• andreas.getOpenTagName(): string | null
  Get name for open tag. Useful to close tag in HTML/XML.

Git commands

• andreas.getGitFileURL({ useSelection: boolean, useBranch: boolean }): string
  Get URL to Git repository file webpage. Optionally include selected line numbers.
• andreas.getGitRepoURL(): string
  Get URL to Git repository webpage.
• andreas.getGitIssuesURL(): string
  Get URL to Git repository issues webpage.
• andreas.getGitNewIssueURL(): string
  Get URL to Git repository new issue webpage.
• andreas.getGitPullRequestsURL(): string
  Get URL to Git repository pull requests webpage.

Other commands

• andreas.getSetting(section: string, defaultValue?: T): T | undefined
  Get setting from vscode
• andreas.setSetting(section: string, value: any, configurationTarget?: "global" | "workspace" | "workspaceFolder")
  Set setting for vscode, either globally or for the current workspace/folder
• andreas.executeCommands(commands: string[])
  Sequentially execute multiple commands. Useful for keybindings.
• andreas.printCommands()
  Print available commands.

Talon language features

• Adds document formatter for Talon files.
• Adds (go to) definitions for Talon actions, lists and captures.
• Adds hover for Talon actions, lists and captures.
• Adds code completion for Talon actions, lists and captures.

Disable formatting on save for Talon files

"[talon]": {
    "editor.formatOnSave": false
}

Quick fix code actions

• Convert line and block comments to JS/Java doc comments

Tree-sitter Query(.scm) language features

• Adds document formatter for scm files.

Snippet(.snippet) language features

• Adds syntax highlight for snippet files.
• Adds document formatter for snippet files.

Talon command examples

Focus tab

tab {self.letter} [{self.letter}]:
    user.run_rpc_command("andreas.focusTab", "{letter_1}{letter_2 or ''}")

Generate range

generate range [from <number_small>]:
    user.run_rpc_command("andreas.generateRange", number_small or 1)

Images

Code completion

On hover

Go to definition

Quick fix

Tab view

Format selected files context menu

Demo

YouTube - On hover and go to definition

YouTube - Tab view

YouTube - Format selected files

Build

$ npm install -g vsce
$ vsce package

Dependencies

• Command server
• Parse tree

Resources

• Talon Voice