vscode-writ

Writ for VS Code

Language support for the Writ scripting language.

Alpha — Writ is under active development. Expect breaking changes.

Features

• Syntax highlighting — full TextMate grammar coverage for all language constructs
• Language server (LSP) — diagnostics, completions, hover documentation, and go-to-definition via writ-lsp
• Debugging — breakpoints, step through, and variable inspection via the Debug Adapter Protocol
• Hot reload — saving a .writ file pushes updated bytecode to a running VM

Installation

Search for Writ in the VS Code Marketplace, or install the .vsix directly:

code --install-extension writ-lang-0.1.0.vsix

The .vsix file is available on the GitHub releases page.

Debugging

Add a launch configuration to .vscode/launch.json:

{
  "type": "writ",
  "request": "launch",
  "name": "Debug Writ Script",
  "program": "${file}",
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "port": 7778
}

Settings

Setting	Default	Description
writ.lspPath	"writ-lsp"	Path to the language server binary. Leave as default to use the bundled binary.
writ.hotReload.enabled	true	Enable hot reload on save.
writ.hotReload.mechanism	"socket"	How reload requests are sent: socket, pipe, or file.
writ.hotReload.address	"127.0.0.1:7777"	Address for socket-based hot reload.

Requirements

• writ-lsp on your $PATH (or configure writ.lspPath)
• For hot reload: a host application listening for reload requests (see the Embedding guide)