VSCode extension for syntax highlighting multi-line YAML strings (opens in new tab)

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29 pointsmoondev10mo ago16 comments

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9dev10mo ago· 6 in thread

Oh neat! Finally VS Code can do something IntelliJ has been able to do since decades. We’re so close to discovering why IDEs were a good idea in the first place!

IshKebab10mo ago

VSCode is an IDE. It's just a highly modular one, so it doesn't come with everything by default.

mdaniel10mo ago

I believe the splitting of hairs is that plugins should build on top of core, solid, helpful primitives, and augment the core platform with esoteric things that the core audience wouldn't care about. That's not this plugin

It also pragmatically makes for fragmentation in the experience, leading to the same outcome as the current LLM debate: "works great" "not for me"

IshKebab10mo ago

> augment the core platform with esoteric things that the core audience wouldn't care about. That's not this plugin

Seems like it is to me. Storing code inside yaml is pretty obviously a terrible idea and I haven't seen many systems do it (beyond Bash at least).

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xigoi10mo ago

Why an IDE? Vim can do such things just fine.

9dev10mo ago

Because I prefer an interface that isn't constrained to 70 year old typewriter conventions, thank you very much.

xigoi10mo ago

I don’t know what you’re talking about, but I prefer a tool that I can customize to my liking instead of being told by a random corporation how I should like it.

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imcritic10mo ago· 2 in thread

Who (and in which valid cases) embeds some block of code in a programming language as a value to some key in a YAML file??

nothrabannosir10mo ago

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conception10mo ago

Roo code too

mdaniel10mo ago

I don't understand why VSCode itself doesn't already have this, since it is silly to have to install 100 extensions to add this behavior to every different possible place that a string literal with an interior language could appear

I also suspect that unlike the JetBrains feature that does this (Language Injection), VSCode doesn't understand the code it just syntax highlights it. Meaning if we take the cited example and change it to the following, would VSCode turn it red?

  example3: | # js
    console.ogl('wat")

IshKebab10mo ago

I pity whoever needs this.

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16 comments

12 comments · 4 top-level

9dev10mo ago· 6 in thread

Oh neat! Finally VS Code can do something IntelliJ has been able to do since decades. We’re so close to discovering why IDEs were a good idea in the first place!

IshKebab10mo ago

VSCode is an IDE. It's just a highly modular one, so it doesn't come with everything by default.

mdaniel10mo ago

It also pragmatically makes for fragmentation in the experience, leading to the same outcome as the current LLM debate: "works great" "not for me"

IshKebab10mo ago

> augment the core platform with esoteric things that the core audience wouldn't care about. That's not this plugin

Seems like it is to me. Storing code inside yaml is pretty obviously a terrible idea and I haven't seen many systems do it (beyond Bash at least).

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xigoi10mo ago

Why an IDE? Vim can do such things just fine.

9dev10mo ago

Because I prefer an interface that isn't constrained to 70 year old typewriter conventions, thank you very much.

xigoi10mo ago

I don’t know what you’re talking about, but I prefer a tool that I can customize to my liking instead of being told by a random corporation how I should like it.

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imcritic10mo ago· 2 in thread

Who (and in which valid cases) embeds some block of code in a programming language as a value to some key in a YAML file??

nothrabannosir10mo ago

GitHub actions

conception10mo ago

Roo code too

mdaniel10mo ago

  example3: | # js
    console.ogl('wat")

IshKebab10mo ago

I pity whoever needs this.

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