Nickel Language VS Code extension

Features

• Syntax highlighting
• Language server
• Code formatting using Topiary

Prerequsites

Install nickel, nls and topiary

Using Nix

nix profile install nixpkgs#{nickel,nls,topiary}

Using Cargo

cargo install nickel-lang-cli nickel-lang-lsp

Other installation methods

See the Nickel README and The LSP README.

Build from source

With Nix

From the root of the Nickel project:

nix build .\#vscodeExtension

The VSIX extension will be at ./result/vscode-nickel.vsix.

With Yarn

From this directory:

yarn install && yarn compile && yarn vsce package --yarn

The VSIX extension will be at ./vscode-nickel-[version].vsix.

Updating package.json

Whenever you change package.json, you must run the following command:

yarn install && yarn2nix > yarn.nix

This will update:

• yarn.lock
• yarn.nix