A list of file formats supported but not highlighted which are highlighted in VSCode

[yoav-lavi]

What is this?

This table represents file formats that are written in a language that is supported by Helix but not currently recognized. These formats are extracted from each extension (for languages Helix supports) in microsoft/vscode/tree/main/extensions, meaning VSCode will recognize them by default (descriptions were added by hand and aren't from the VSCode codebase).

(Up to date for commit 7702e13)

Is this comprehensive?

Should be, I made this manually so some items may theoretically be missing or skipped. I did remove anything that was ambiguous (used by other filetypes, except in one case where it's relatively unlikely to be an issue) or that seems to have changed to use a different format

Why?

So we can add these to languages.toml and have an even better out of the box experience! 😄 (I intend to open a PR for this soon, but wanted to discuss here first)

Note: In languages where there's a gap in the entries, the top part is extensions, and the bottom is filenames

Language	Missing Extensions
cpp	- .h++: Header - .ii: A temporary file generated using the GCC compiler, contains the output of a C++ source file after pre-processing has been performed. - .inl: Used to define inline function - .hpp.in: Input for CMake - .h.in: Input for GNU autoconf
c-sharp	- .csx: Visual Studio script - .cake: C# Make file
diff	- .rej: Rejected files (usually hunks patches but not only)
fsharp	- .fsi: A signature file used by Visual F# - .fsscript: An F# script
html	- .htm: Normal HTML file - .shtml: A webpage that is written in HTML and includes server instructions - .xhtml: A format, which is a collection of different document types and modules that mimic, categorize, and extend HTML 4 - .xht: A file with . xht extension is a web file associated with the XHTML (Extended Hypertext Markup Language) file type, which itself is an XML based markup file. Both these files are similar to HTML but have a more stringent XML-like syntax - .jsp: Java Server Pages - .asp: ASP.NET web page - .aspx: A webpage generated using Microsoft ASP.NET - .jshtm: ? - .volt: Volt template file - .rhtml: Ruby HTML page
ini	- .conf: Stores settings used to configure system processes and applications - .properties: Properties file used by Java programs (IIRC this isn't well defined) - .cfg: A generic preference file that stores settings and configuration information - .directory: Contains the folder viewing settings for a directory in KDE
javascript	- .es6: (should be) an ES6 file - .pac: A configuration file used by web browsers to select an appropriate proxy server - jakefile: A configuration file for the Jake script runner
json	- .bowerrc: Configuration file for Bower - .jscsrc: JSCS config file (can contain comments) - .js.map: JavaScript map file - .css.map: CSS map file - .ts.map: TypeScript map file - .jslintrc: JSLint configuration file - .jsonld: A lightweight Linked Data format (based on JSON) - .vuerc: Vue configuration file - composer.lock: A lock file used by Composer - .watchmanconfig: A configuration file for Watchman
latex	- .bbx: ? - .cbx: ?
make	- .mak: Normal makefile - GNUmakefile: GNU specific makefile - OCamlMakefile: A Simple Generic Makefile for OCaml-Projects
markdown	- .mkd: Markdown Documentation File - .mdwn: Markdown file - .mdown: Markdown file - .markdn: Markdown file - .mdtxt: Markdown file - .mdtext: Markdown file - .workbook: ?
perl	- .psgi: ? - .raku: Raku (Pearl 6) file - .rakumod: Raku module - .rakutest: Raku test file - .rakudoc: Raku documentation - .nqp: A tool for writing Raku compilers - .p6: (most likely) A Raku (Pearl 6) file - .pl6: (most likely) A Raku (Pearl 6) file - .pm6: Raku module
php	- .php4: A PHP 4 file - .php5: A PHP 5 file - .phtml: Presentation related PHP file - .ctp: CakePHP template page
python	- .rpy: Ren'Py visual novel engine file - .cpy: ? - .ipy: IPython script - .pyt: A Python toolbox created by ESRI ArcGIS - SConscript: SCons script file
r	- .rhistory: History of executed R code
ruby	- .rjs: Ruby JavaScript file - .rbi: Ruby interface files - guardfile: Used by Guard - capfile: Used by Capistrano - cheffile: Used by Chef - hobofile: ? - appraisals: A ruby library - rantfile: Used by Rant - berksfile: Used by Chef - berksfile.lock: Used by Chef - thorfile: Used by the Thor toolkit - puppetfile: Used by Puppet - fastfile: Used by fastlane - appfile: Used by fastlane - deliverfile: Used by fastlane - matchfile: Used by fastlane - scanfile: ? - snapfile: Used by fastlane - gymfile: Used by fastlane
bash	- .bash_aliases: Bash alias file - .bash_profile: A hidden script file with custom configurations for a user terminal session - .bash_login: Executed on login - .bash_logout: Executed on logout - .xprofile: X session profile - .xsession: X11 - .xsessionrc: X11 - .zsh-theme: ? - .ksh: Korn Shell file - .cshrc: tcsh RC file - .tcshrc: tcsh RC file - .yashrc: RC for Yash - .yash_profile: Profile for Yash - .hushlogin: Removes the bash login - bashrc_Apple_Terminal: Used on macOS - zshrc_Apple_Terminal: Used on macOS
sql	- .dsql: ?
xml	- .ascx: ASP.NET User Control File - .axml: Xamarin Android UI file - .axaml: Used by Avalonia UI - .bpmn: A diagram created by Camunda BPMN Editor - .cpt: Corel PHOTO-PAINT Image - .csl: CineStyle Color Lookup File - .csproj.user: C# personal IDE settings - .dita: Darwin Information Typing Architecture - .ditamap: Collection of DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture) topics - .dtml: Document Template Markup Language file - .fxml: Java FX file - .iml: IntelliJ IDEA settings - .isml: ? - .jmx: Used by Apache JMeter - .launch: ? - .menu: Menu file used by id Tech 3 (Quake III engine) games - .mxml: Component used by a Adobe Flex application - .nuspec: NuGet Specification File - .pt: PyTorch Model - .publishsettings: ? - .pubxml: Visual Studio publish profile - .pubxml.user: Visual Studio per user publish profile - .rbxlx: Roblox XML Place File - .rbxmx: Roblox Model - .rng: RELAX NG File (can technically also be a Nokia ringtone file but collision is unlikely) - .shproj: Visual Studio Code Sharing App Project - .tld: Tag Library Descriptor File - .tmx: Translation Memory Exchange File - .vbproj.user: User visual basic project file - .vcxproj: Visual C++ Project - .vcxproj.filters: Visual C++ Project Filters File - .wsdl: Web Services Description Language File - .wxi: WiX Include File - .wxs: WiX Source File - .xbl: Extensible Binding Language File - .xlf: XLIFF Document - .xliff: XLIFF Localization File - .xpdl: XPDL Module - .xul: XML User Interface Language File - .xoml: Windows Workflow File

[archseer]

The best list to sync against is probably https://github.com/github/linguist/blob/master/lib/linguist/languages.yml

[yoav-lavi]

@archseer I've opened a PR for these, we could of course also sync with the list you mentioned for additional formats, but I think this is still a net gain to merge

[yoav-lavi]

@archseer opened #8389 for this