README.md

VSCode Editing Helpers

This VS code extension provides some helper commands for editing text with VSCode. Many of these commands are inspired by Emacs.

These commands can either be executed via the command pallete or assigned to custom keyboard shortcuts. This extension doesn't provide any default keybindings of its own, and prefers to stay agnostic in terms of how it's used.

Commands

The following commands are provided. In all of the examples, we use the | character to indicate the cursor position when the command is executed.

Just One Space

Collapses contiguous whitespace characters around the cursor such that only one whitespace character remains.

Example input:

const foo =   |   'bar';

Example output:

const foo = |'bar';

Collapse Whitespaces

Collapses all contiguous whitespace characters around the cursor such that no whitespace characters remain.

Example input:

const foo = 'bar'  |  ;

Example output:

const foo = 'bar'|;

Duplicate Line and Comment

Copies the current line downward, and comments the original line.

Example input:

const foo = 'bar';|

Example output:

// const foo = 'bar';
const foo = 'bar';|

Local installation

To install this extension locally:

1. Clone this repository and install dependencies via yarn install
2. Run make package. This will create a .vsix package in the root directory.
3. Open VS Code and visit the Extensions pane (View -> Extensions).
4. Click on the ... icon at the top-right corner of the Extensions sidebar and select "Install from VSIX..." in the dropdown menu. Select the .vsix file and you're done!