On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 11:57 AM Jeong Dal <haksan@me.com> wrote:

> Dear Mikael,
>
>
> 2) Is there a nice way to compile the tex file from
>
> within vs code? As of
> now, I opened a terminal and compiled from that, but that feels like the
> wrong way of doing it.
>
>
> For the first question, I don’t know either.
> For the second question, I’d like to explain what I did for compiling TeX
> file in vscode.
> Since I use vscode in MacOsX, you may find your way in Linux.
>
> There is a tasks.json file in .vscode folder.
> I added the following script in the “tasks":[ ]  and save it.
> (You have to modify the  "texmf-osx-64/bin” path in the following script
> from your machine.
>
> {
> "label": "ConTeXt LuaMetaTeX",
> "type": "shell",
> "command": "export
> PATH=/Users/graph/ConTeXtLM/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin:$PATH;mtxrun
> --autogenerate --script context --autopdf --purge '${file}'",
> "args": [],
> "options": {
> "cwd": "${fileDirname}"
> },
> "group": {
> "kind": "build",
> "isDefault": true
> }
> },
>
> When you want to compile a ConTeXt file, find “terminal > Run Build task”
> in the menu,
> then “ConTeXt LuaMetaTex” will pop up.
> Or just use the key “command-shift-B” instead using menu item.
>
> I hope that it may help.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Dalyoung
>
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Dear Dalyoung,

Thanks! That got me up and running. Maybe this can help others (or maybe it
is well-known):

* Since January, the editor supports a global tasks.json file (if I
understood
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41046494/making-global-tasks-in-vs-code
correctly).
I updated, and indeed, that seems to work.
* I noticed that valid macros are recognized while typing, even if one has
not used them before. When one starts typing the text is non-bold, and when
it is a known macro it gets bold. That was useful.

Best regards, Mikael