skellock / vscode-nim

An extension for VS Code which provides support for the Nim language.

Nim for Visual Studio Code

This extension adds language support for the Nim language to VS Code, including:

• Syntax Highlight (nim, nimble, nim.cfg)
• Code Completion
• Signature Help
• Goto Definition
• Find References
• File outline
• Build-on-save
• Workspace symbol search
• Quick info

Using

First, you will need to install Visual Studio Code 0.10. In the command palette (cmd-shift-p) select Install Extension and choose Nim.

The following tools are required for the extension:

• Nim compiler - http://nim-lang.org

Note: It is recommended to turn Auto Save on in Visual Studio Code (File -> Auto Save) when using this extension.

Options

The following Visual Studio Code settings are available for the Nim extension. These can be set in user preferences (cmd+,) or workspace settings (.vscode/settings.json).

• nim.buildOnSave - perform build task from tasks.json file, to use this options you need declare build task according to Tasks Documentation, for example:

   {
   	"taskName": "Run module.nim",
   	"command": "nim",
   	"args": ["c", "-r", "module.nim"],
   	"options": {
   		"cwd": "${workspaceRoot}"
   	},
   	"type": "shell",
   	"group": {
   		"kind": "build",
   		"isDefault": true
   	}
   }

• nim.lintOnSave - perform the project check for errors on save
• nim.project - optional array of projects file, if nim.project is not defined then all nim files will be used as separate project
• nim.licenseString - optional license text that will be inserted on nim file creation

Example

{
	"nim.buildOnSave": false,
	"nim.buildCommand": "c",
	"nim.lintOnSave": true,
	"nim.project": ["project.nim", "project2.nim"],
	"nim.licenseString": "# Copyright 2017.\n\n"
}

Commands

The following commands are provided by the extension:

• Nim: Run selected file - compile and run selected file, it uses c compiler by default, but you can specify cpp in nim.buildCommand config parameter. This command available from file context menu or by F6 keyboard shortcut.

TODO

• Rename support
• Code action for imports (suggest available modules to import)
• Debug support

ChangeLog

ChangeLog is located here