A Visual Studio Code (VSCode) extension to help working with IES in Terse RDF Triple Language (TTL) (.ttl) files
Features:
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Colour highlighting - Highlights IES classes according to their defined colours
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Diagnostics - Syntax highlights missing commas, dots, semicolons
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IES class suggestions - Suggests IES classes as you type
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On hover matches - Hover over a URI to reveal IES type
- Download latest releases
In VSCode:
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Click "Extensions" icon in the Activity Bar on the side of VS Code or the View: Extensions command
Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + x. -
Click on the Extensions view command dropdown, the three dots (
...), located at the top of the Extensions view and select Install from VSIX... -
Navigate to the downloaded release file (step 1) and select it.
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Select theme IES Highlighter1 dark+ default
Cmd/Ctrl + kthenCmd/Ctrl + t. Or go to the Extensions view -> ies-extension -> Set Colour Theme.
1 Note: Syntax highlighting has not been optimized for "light" themes, e.g. highlights ies: prefix as white.
The extension should now be activated when you open .ttl files.
Additional, optional, steps if you don't want to change themes and still have colour highlighting:
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Go to VS Code settings - open the Settings editor by navigating to
Code > Settings > Settingsor using the shortcutCmd/Ctrl + , -
Search settings - In the Settings Search bar, type
editor.tokenColorCustomizationsand selectEdit in settings.json -
Append contents - Use
Ctrl/Cmd + Cand thenCtrl/Cmd + Vto copy and paste the contents of the file main/for_settings.txt to the JSON in settings.
Further information on managing extensions in VS Code can be found on the Microsoft VS Code Extension Marketplace page.
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Install extension, as above
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Select theme within the IES Syntax Highlighter extension page in VS Code, as required
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Create or open a file ending with extension .ttl
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Enter IES TTL data and the features of the IES Syntax Highlighter will highlight classes, diagnose syntax errors, autocomplete classes and track what type instances are.