CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

0.8.1

Fixed

• Extension not working in remote SSH session (#201). The extension now runs on the local host rather than the remote. This means that parsers are now installed only once, and npm is required only on the local machine.

0.8.0

Added

• Multi-cursor support in Block Mode, thanks @CB2Moon!

  

• toml and xml support, thanks @sanarise!

• sql and latex support using @derekstride/tree-sitter-sql and @pfoerster/tree-sitter-latex.

• ESM-based loading for parsers (#191).

• 'Remove' option to notification when parser fails to load (#180).

• More languages are now tested in advance: TOML, XML, CSS, Zig, Swift, SQL, LaTeX.

• Extension no longer in preview mode! 🎉

Fixed

• Parsers failing to build (#193). The extension now uses node-gyp via npm exec instead of tree-sitter-cli.

• Binary dependency caused extension to fail on non-Mac systems (#195).

Deprecated

• Support for node v18, it might still work, but the extension now requires node v20+.

Removed

• codeBlocks.treeSitterCliPath configuration: The Extension now only requires npm.

0.7.0

Finally, switched to node-tree-sitter! 🎉

This means faster parsing, faster language installation, and no need for docker, or emscripten.

Added

• c (#33) support, and svelte (#170) using the excellent @tree-sitter-grammars project.

• Many more languages are now tested in advance: Rust, TypeScript, TSX, JavaScript, Java, Python, Svelte, C, C++, C#, Go, Ruby, HTML, CSS, YAML, JSON, Markdown, Bash, Kotlin, Zig.

Changed

• Switched to node-tree-sitter from web-tree-sitter (#125). This means that the extension no longer requires emcc or docker to be installed.

• tree-sitter CLI is now optional, and only required if the extension cannot find a pre-built parser.

Deprecated

• Support for node v16, it might still work, but the extension now requires node v18+.

0.6.1

Added

• codeBlocks.treeSitterCliPath configuration: Set path to tree-sitter command.

0.6.0

Added

• Block mode now supports all tree-sitter supported languages by default: Queries are only required for the Code Blocks Editor.

• node + npm dependency: Extension new requires node v16+, and npm.

• tree-sitter-cli dependency: Extension now requires tree-sitter-cli, and so transitively requires either emscripten (preferred) or docker.

• Tree viewer: View the syntax tree of the current file.

  

• Block mode highlights can be toggled.

Fixed

• Rapidly toggling block mode breaks extension.

• Rapidly moving blocks is slow.

Changed

• Block mode blocks: Instead of only using blocks, block mode now has access to all nodes in the syntax tree. Blocks are now only used to automatically expand a selection.

  Fine grained selection of nodes

  

  Selection expansion to nearest block

  

• Simplify language config:

  • Parsers are now installed from NPM, instead of from GitHub.
  • By default, the extension will try to use the tree-sitter-<language> NPM package, so many languages will not need to be configured at all.
  • Queries are an optional config, required only for the Code Blocks Editor (not for Block Mode) to work.
  • Configuration is by [languageId] instead of a massive languageSupport config.

• Change Block Mode colors config:

  • codeBlocks.colors.enabled: Whether Block Mode should color selections or not. Defaults to false.
  • codeBlocks.colors.sibling: CSS string for sibling selection background color. Defaults to var(--vscode-editor-selectionHighlightBackground).
  • codeBlocks.colors.parent: CSS string for parent selection background color. Defaults to var(--vscode-editor-linkedEditingBackground).

  Old config for Python and TSX

  "codeBlocks.languageSupport": {
    "python": {
      "parserInstaller": {
        "downloadCmd": "git clone https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-python",
        "libraryName": "tree_sitter_python",
        "languageFnSymbol": "language"
      },
      "queries": [
        "(class_definition) @item",
        "(function_definition) @item",
        "(decorated_definition) @item"
      ]
    },
    "typescriptreact": {
      "parserInstaller": {
          "downloadCmd": "git clone https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-typescript",
          "symbol": "language_tsx",
          "name": "tree_sitter_typescript"
      },
      "queries": [
          "( (comment)* @header . (class_declaration) @item)",
          "( (comment)* @header . (method_definition) @item)",
          "( (comment)* @header . (function_declaration) @item)",
          "( (comment)* @header . (export_statement) @item)",
          "(jsx_element) @item",
          "(jsx_self_closing_element) @item"
      ]
    }
  }

  New config for Python and TSX

  "[python]": {
    // single-node blocks are only for the Code Blocks Editor
    "codeBlocks.queries": [
      "(class_definition) @item",
      "(function_definition) @item",
      "(decorated_definition) @item"
    ]
  },
  
  // parser is configured inside each languageId's config
  "[typescriptreact]": {
    "codeBlocks.npmPackageName": "tree-sitter-typescript",
    "codeBlocks.parserName": "tree-sitter-tsx",
    "codeBlocks.subdirectory": "tsx",
    // queries are now optional
    "codeBlocks.queries": [
      "( (comment)* @header . (class_declaration) @item)",
      "( (comment)* @header . (method_definition) @item)",
      "( (comment)* @header . (function_declaration) @item)",
      "( (comment)* @header . (export_statement) @item)",
      // single-node blocks are only for the Code Blocks Editor
      "(jsx_element) @item",
      "(jsx_self_closing_element) @item"
    ]
  }

Removed

• Rust dependencies: cargo, code-blocks-server, no longer required.

• Force moves: Were inconsistent (especially in indent-based languages) and rarely useful.

  If they are missed, please comment on this issue, preferably with your use case.

0.5.2

Fixed

• Block Mode: Moving blocks rapidly is unstable.
• Python: Force move can cause syntax errors.

0.5.1

Added

• Add block navigation commands:

  Regular "navigate" commands will not navigate to parent scope, for that there are the "force navigate" commands.

  

• Make "block mode" a vscode context (useful for keybindings).

• Add "block mode" status bar indicator.

• Add "select current block" command:

  

• Add configurable colors:

  Default values:

  "codeBlocks.colors": {
    "selected": "var(--vscode-inputOption-activeBackground)",
    "target": "var(--vscode-editor-selectionHighlightBackground)",
    "forceTarget": "var(--vscode-editor-linkedEditingBackground)"
  }

  Each value is a css string that is passed to the background-color property of the respective block type. It can be any valid css value.

• Add default keybindings (only active when "block mode" is on):

  Command	Keybinding (cmd on mac)
  codeBlocks.moveUp	alt+up
  codeBlocks.moveDown	alt+down
  codeBlocks.moveUpForce	alt+shift+up
  codeBlocks.moveDownForce	alt+shift+down
  codeBlocks.navigateUp	ctrl/cmd+up
  codeBlocks.navigateDown	ctrl/cmd+down
  codeBlocks.navigateUpForce	ctrl/cmd+shift+up
  codeBlocks.navigateDownForce	ctrl/cmd+shift+down

  Note that codeBlocks.toggle, the old editor commands, and codeBlocks.selectBlock are not bound by default.

Fixed

• Blocks appearing in files with unsupported languages.

Changed

• Change "force" semantics:

  Blocks that require a force move/navigate are detected in advance, and trying to move/navigate to them will fail silently. Instead of the old error notification, the background of the blocks is now a different color.

0.5.0

Added

• Add "block mode":

  

Fixed

• code-blocks-cli not updated between vscode extension versions.

• "Installing tree_sitter_XXX" notification on every command.

• Spacing around blocks in the Editor view too small.