Anybody uses Visual Studio Code with LB?

[tsh73]

Hello there
Having heard that Visual Studio Code is hands-down best code editor on the planet,
I got succumbed to temptation and installed it.

I've seen these threads
libertybasiccom.proboards.com/thread/1057/visual-studio-code-extension
libertybasiccom.proboards.com/thread/2436/coming-back-after-12-years

I installed that LB extension.
Now I have code editor, with
* lb syntax coloring
* code folding
* some auto suggestions
(but that is marked "abc"
- I guess it is just right from the dictionary, no much AI involved?)

I spent some time and made some tasks that calls LB with
-R -A
and with
-D
with current file.
(really, I end up creating c:/bin, adding it to PATH and putting CMD files there.
Because it just did not worked other way, and errors from Powershell says nothing to me.)
And I tried to put some keybingings over these tasks, but somehow now
I press Shift F5 - it shows me selected task - but I need extra ENTER to actually run it
(probably I could survive needing one extra ENTER)

But it really took too much time to be any fun.
But I hope wheel is already invented.

Is the any folks who actually uses Visual Studio Code with LB?
What can I have above things described, and how?

Code completion using just my code, not general dictionary?
Any way to get browsable list of functions, subs, labels?

(I wonder if I should try to download VB extensions and see what it'll bring,
but I'm afraid it will suggest all stuff .NET that just not applicable to LB, at all.

Could it be disabled in parts, like
- I want autocomplete of my variables and functions
- but I do not need any suggestions on .NET framework stuff
?
)
EDIT
+, Could I Bind LB on actual Run button/menu?

[tsh73]

So I guess the answer is - no.
Ok.
A few things I found (until I completely forgot them):

1. On slow computer it is, well, SLOW

If I have a program in LB, I press Shift F5, see compile progress bar, program runs
feels INSTANTLY

Now I have program in Notepad++ with NppExec plugin with command along (check your actual paths)
npp_console off
npp_save
"C:\Program Files\Liberty BASIC v4.5.1\liberty.exe" -r -a $(FULL_CURRENT_PATH) -r -a $(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)
I press Ctrl F6 - I see Liberty basic opens INSTANTLY - see compile progress bar, program runs
same negligible time (less then a second).

But then I press hotkey I configured in Visual Studio code...
I see in Process Explorer 9 (9!) instances of Code.exe
One of them starts
. winpty-agent.exe
It starts
.. powershell.exe
and finally it starts
... liberty.exe
And until Liberty pops up, nothing happens for 2-3 second.
(well, may be not THAT long. But not instant, no way).

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Just copied VSC folder to more or less recent computer (Core I3, 8Gb)
What could I say? It works, indeed, INSTANTLY.

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2. To make VS Code run program, you create tasks

Here is mine tasks.json.
It is a file in your ".vscode" folder in your project folder
It defines tow tasks, "LB run" and "LB debug"
which you can run via menu Terminal \ Run Task
And exact format of command line cost me some blood.
{
   // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
   // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
   "version": "2.0.0",
   "tasks": [
       {
           "label": "LB run",
           "type": "shell",
           "command": "&'C:\\Program Files\\Liberty BASIC v4.5.1\\liberty.exe'"    //' -r -a ${file}"
           , "args": [
               "-r",
               "-a",
               "${file}",
             ]
             ,"presentation": {
               "reveal": "never"
           }
           //, "isTestCommand": true   //CtrlShiftT  //does not work
           , "group": {
               "kind": "test",
               "isDefault": true       //reset to //Shift F5
               }
       },
       {
           "label": "LB debug",
           "type": "shell",
           "command": "&'C:\\Program Files\\Liberty BASIC v4.5.1\\liberty.exe'"    //' -d ${file}"
           , "args": [
               "-d",
               "${file}",
             ]
             ,"presentation": {
               "reveal": "never"
           }
           //,  "isBuildCommand": true   //CtrlShiftB. Said deprecated
           , "group": {
               "kind": "build",
               "isDefault": true       //CtrlShiftB.
               }

       }      
   ]
}

3. You can create hotkey for a task.

Part of keybindings.json:
(interesting is this file is global, while tasks are local for a folder)
{
   "key": "alt+F5",
   "command": "workbench.action.tasks.runTask",    //shows task list, needs ENTER
   "args" :"name_of_your_task"  
},
But then activated, it shows you name of a task and waits for ENTER

4. BUT there is TWO tasks that did not ask for ENTER.

It is BUILD (default Ctrl Shift B)
so I made ny second task build task
, "group": {
               "kind": "build",
               "isDefault": true       //CtrlShiftB.
               }
and now on Ctrl Shift B I have BASIC in debug mode

Second is TEST
, "group": {
               "kind": "test",
               "isDefault": true       //reset to //Shift F5
               }
Google says it used to work on Ctrl Shift T but now it is unassigned.
So I went to File\Preferences\Keyboard shortcuts, typed "test" in a search string, and redefined "Tasks: Run Test Task" to Shift F5
And it does work, my current program runs.
and looks like this in keybindings.json:
{
   "key": "shift+F5",
   "command": "workbench.action.tasks.test"    //calls jbr skipping task list
},

5. There is a file compare in VSCode
suppose you want to compare two version of file, say file1 and file2, in your project folder
You open Explorer (part that shows your folder *inside* VSCode), right click first file, "select to compare", right click second one, "compare with selected"

It really might be obvious, but I had to google it now to recall how

6. You can open same file in separate view.
There is "split editor button" right top of editor., it is labeled Ctrl+\, works for me

7. Ctrl+/ works for comment/uncomment
(probably VSCode got right way to comment/uncomment from LibertyBASIC extension)

8. If you click on (...) just right of a filename on a editor title, you will get list of labels/functions/subs
This is from LibertyBASIC extension I pretty sure (I peeked inside files a bit)

9. From what I have read, to get intellisence hints you need language server for this very language.
Making such thing sounds pretty daunting so far.
I tried changing language to VB, it offer me some snippets ("for") but really nothing I would like.

[samstonee30]

thanks.