ludic/tools/editors/vscode

Ludic for VS Code

Syntax highlighting, formatting, and full language-server support for Ludic, the AI-first, ECS-native game language. See LANGUAGE.md in the Ludic repository for the language reference.

What you get

	Source
Syntax highlighting	TextMate grammar, works with no build
Semantic highlighting	ludic-lsp — real name resolution, so a component reads differently from a local
Diagnostics	structural errors as you type; ludicc's own errors on save
Completion	context-aware: fields after ., components inside query [...], phases after phase, widgets inside ui
Hover	signatures and docs for builtins, intrinsics, and everything you declared
Go to definition / references / rename	across every file in the compilation unit, following import
Formatting	format-on-save, comment-preserving
Outline, folding, inlay hints, signature help
```ludic fences in Markdown	highlighted, checked, and formatted

Setup

Build the toolchain once, from the repository root:

bin/ludic-dev tools

That produces bin/ludic-lsp and bin/ludic-fmt, which the extension finds on its own. If you keep them elsewhere, set ludic.server.path.

Format on save:

"[ludic]": { "editor.formatOnSave": true }

Settings

• ludic.server.path — where ludic-lsp lives (~ and ${workspaceFolder} expand). Empty = search bin/, then PATH.
• ludic.server.enabled — turn the server off and keep only static highlighting.
• ludic.compilerPath — where ludicc lives, for on-save diagnostics (~ and ${workspaceFolder} expand).
• ludic.compilerDiagnostics — whether to run the compiler at all.
• ludic.indentSize — spaces per level for the formatter.
• ludic.trace.server — log LSP traffic (Ludic: Show Language Server Log).

Installing without publishing

cd tools/editors/vscode
npm install
npx @vscode/vsce package
code --install-extension ludic-1.0.0.vsix