Add new option for custom field identifiers and record types

README.md

@@ -43,19 +43,21 @@ Example:
     }
 }
 ```
-### Tooltip descriptions
-English and german tooltip descriptions for field and record types:  
+### Field identifiers and record types
+**Select language and add custom descriptions or overwrite existing ones:**   
+File -> Preferences -> Settings -> Extensions -> GDT  
+
+**Tooltip descriptions**  
+English and german tooltip descriptions for field identifiers and record types:  
 
 ![Tooltip_Screenshoot](https://github.com/Lixfeld/VSCode-GDT-Extension/raw/master/images/Tooltip.PNG)  
 
 The descriptions should load and update automatically for GDT files but you can also run the command manually.  
 
-**Select language:** File -> Preferences -> Settings -> Extensions -> GDT  
-
-### Fix length of line
-A command to change the length of line variables (first three digits) to the actual line length **(including whitespaces) + 2** (*CR LF*).
-
-### Display message
+**Display message**  
 Show messsage with fields and descriptions in output channel:
 
 ![Output_channel_Screenshoot](https://github.com/Lixfeld/VSCode-GDT-Extension/raw/master/images/Output_channel.PNG)  
+
+### Fix length of line
+A command to change the length of line variables (first three digits) to the actual line length **(including whitespaces) + 2** (*CR LF*).

package.json

@@ -54,7 +54,23 @@
                     "default": "English",
                     "enum": ["German", "English"],
                     "description": "Language for field/tooltip descriptions"
-                }
+                },
+                "gdt.CustomRecordTypes": {
+                    "type": "object",
+                    "additionalProperties": {
+                        "type": "string"
+                    },
+                    "default": {},
+                    "description": "Add new record types or overwrite existing ones"
+                },
+                "gdt.CustomFieldIdentifiers": {
+                    "type": "object",
+                    "additionalProperties": {
+                        "type": "string"
+                    },
+                    "default": {},
+                    "description": "Add new field identifiers or overwrite existing ones"
+                }            
             }
         }
     },

src/lib/LanguageDictionary.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import * as EnglishDictionary from './EnglishDictionary';
 const GDT = 'gdt';
 const German = 'German';
 const Language = 'Language';
+const CustomRecordTypes = 'CustomRecordTypes';
+const CustomFieldIdentifiers = 'CustomFieldIdentifiers';
 export const RecordIdentification = '8000';
 
 interface LanguageDictionary {
@@ -19,6 +21,11 @@ interface LanguageDictionary {
  */
 export function GetFieldTypeDescription(key: string): string {
     let languageDictionary = GetLanguageDictionary();
+    let customFieldIdentifiers = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration(GDT)[CustomFieldIdentifiers];
+
+    // Copy custom field identifiers and overwrite existing ones
+    Object.assign(languageDictionary.fieldIdentifiers, customFieldIdentifiers);    
+
     let fieldIdentifiers = languageDictionary.fieldIdentifiers;
     return fieldIdentifiers[key];
 }
@@ -28,6 +35,11 @@ export function GetFieldTypeDescription(key: string): string {
  */
  export function GetRecordTypeDescription(key: string): string {
     let languageDictionary = GetLanguageDictionary();
+    let customRecordTypes = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration(GDT)[CustomRecordTypes];
+
+    // Copy custom record types and overwrite existing ones
+    Object.assign(languageDictionary.recordTypes, customRecordTypes);
+
     let recordTypes = languageDictionary.recordTypes;
     return recordTypes[key];
 }