Are there any plans to add a JXA formatter?
or is it possible to use a JavaScript Formatter?

I was hoping that this extension would syntax-highlight code in Markdown fenced code in .md files, e.g.:

tell application "Finder" to get the name of front Finder window

but it doesn't seem to. Is this something it can support? Are there changes to settings.json that I need to make to enable this?

(btw I notice that AppleScript is syntax-highlighted here in GitHub!)

I kind of want to resurrect this "issue" : #6 . It's been three years since that question was asked, and a lot can change in that time.

Here's JXA as I understand it, more or less:

Of course there's the issue that both AppleScript scripts and JXA scripts are typically .scpt or .scptd -- binary files -- that VSCode doesn't open in any particularly useful way. So a reasonable workflow for AS and JXA seems to be do the coding in text files and then compile them to .scpt/d files to run them.

As noted by MichaelTX in that issue the Mac has built in debugging for JXA using the Safari browser debugger, which is... ok... but not great.

I've just posted another issue asking about AppleScript debugging, and I have the same request here. I'm looking/hoping for an experience that's similar to VSCode's built in Node debugging but with JXA scripts.

I have no idea what's involved in building a debugger. I imagine it's a lot of work. I think whoever wrote VSCode's node debugging has done a great job. I'd love to see something that has a very consistent experience for JXA (and AppleScript) also.

Is this somehow already in this AS plugin and I'm not seeing it? I'm guessing not, and if so, what would it take to add it?

Thanks!

Summary

Ability to open script files with extension (*.scpt, *.scptd, *.app, *.sdef)

Motivation

Currently, we can't open script files or applescript apps and their script definition dictionary

Describe alternatives you've considered

I've build a script to open scripts as simple text files

Just use simply "osadecompile /path/to/file.scpt > path/to/test.txt | open -a VsCode path/to/test.txt"

You could implement this code in your plugin, because my script is just a temporary solution

Additional context

Furthermore, I'd like to save my applescript inside vscode, osacompile should be able to save code as script files and script files embedded into applescript apps (*.scpt, *.scptd, *.app)

Of course, apps need also a xml plist, a script runner, some icon and their folder structure. Maybe you're willing to put app creation on your Roadmap for later?

The Script Editor app has an option to export a run-only script or app. When used, the script can only be runned, the source can not be read or modified.

If it is possible, could we have a similar option when compiling a script from Visual Studio Code ?

Can you use VSC Debugging with JXA Files?

In Script Editor, this requires an elaborate, unreliable setup using Safari Debugger.
If we can use VSC, could you please provide detailed steps to do so.

Thanks.

❓

I'm not sure it's technically possible, but if it is, it would be really nice to have a full log when running a script.

What I mean by full log, is what the Script Editor.app made by Apple can display when you run a script. For instance, with this script, here's what the Apple app gives me when I run :

tell application "Safari"
	activate
end tell
tell application "System Events"
	get name of process 1 whose frontmost = true
end tell
tell application "Safari"
	get URL of current tab of window 1
end tell
tell current application
	do shell script "echo 'https://voiretmanger.fr/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/handmaids-tale-saison-2-700x467.jpg' | grep -o '\\-[0-9]\\+x[0-9]\\+'"
	do shell script "echo 'https://voiretmanger.fr/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/handmaids-tale-saison-2-700x467.jpg' | grep -o '\\-[0-9]\\+x[0-9]\\+'"
	do shell script "curl -s -L -o /dev/null -I -w \"%{http_code}\" 'https://voiretmanger.fr/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/handmaids-tale-saison-2.jpg'"
	(*https://voiretmanger.fr/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/handmaids-tale-saison-2.jpg*)
end tell
tell application "Safari"
	close current tab of window 1
	open location "https://voiretmanger.fr/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/handmaids-tale-saison-2.jpg"
end tell

In contrast, here's what Visual Studio Code gives me, the only log in the script :

[Running] osascript "/Users/nicolas/Git/perso/full-images/full-images.applescript"
https://voiretmanger.fr/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/handmaids-tale-saison-2.jpg

[Done] exited with code=0 in 0.601 seconds

The full log is far more useful to see what happens and debugs the script. In many case, the log commands are not even necessary, while I have to use it constantly with VSCode.

So, again, if possible, would be great.

Anyway, thanks for your work on this extension ! 👍

One feature missing in Visual Studio Code for AppleScript files is the ability to go to a symbol. It would be useful to have this feature to navigate in long scripts, from a function to the next or to jump to a specific function in the file.

I don't know if it is possible, but if that's the case, it would be a welcome addition I think.

Support Javascript language for scripting. I think this would just be slight modifications to calling the compiler and runner processes and possibly adding "Javascript Applescript" as a new language?

After installing this extension, I can't run any of the commands. I get this error message.
command 'extension.applescript.compile' not found

I get the same error message for all four of the commands.

Amazing extension wow, a little more documentation about how it works and runs would be amazing?!

And if it's possible to view log outputs??

But yes, do you know how to stop a script besides through activity monitor? 😂

Thank you so much 🙏

I'm getting mixed results trying to answer that question.

I have one file where it auto-completes for the "repeat" function, but it does not in another file.
I just figured it out. If offers auto-complete if that function had been previously used.

So, it appears that real, full JavaScript code completion is not supported.
Is there some way, with some other extension or setting, we can get this?
JavaScript code completion is the main reason I use VSC for coding JavaScript, and JXA.

First of all thanks for this great extension, it is truly another way to manage Applescripts :-D
When it is running or compiling the code and it is encountered an error, is it possible to have the line number of the wrong part of the code?
Thank you so much in advance.

Now the extension can only open applescripts which format is .applescrit, but can't open and edit .scpt file.

I installed the AppleScript extension, but when I try to open a .scpt file, AppleScript is not listed as a choice. Any suggestions?

Is there any way this plugin does, or can, do AppleScript debugging (perhaps similar to Late Night Software's Script Debugger)?

Two things here:

1. I can't seem to find any way that it does it already, but want to check I'm not missing anything.
2. If that's right and it doesn't currently do it, what would it take to get it to do it?

To really clarify, in case there's any ambiguity: I'm looking/hoping for an experience that's similar to VSCode's built in Node debugging (but with AppleScript of course).

If it's not already possible, I imagine it's a lot of work, but... I'll bet I'm not the only one who would really like this.

Does this somehow do this already and I'm missing it? Or if not, is it possible to add this?

Thanks!

Hello,
is it possible to disable the buttons added by the extension? Or at least to enable them only for apple script extensions? I have no interest in using them when I'm editing a js or py file.

Summary

A file with no extension, but with an osascript shebang, should be highlighted as AppleScript:

#!/usr/bin/env osascript

tell application "Terminal"
  do script ""
end tell

Motivation

I have a ./dev script that I don't want to add a .applescript extension to.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Additional context

When I run the exact same Applescript in script editor vs VS Code I get different results. VS Code doesn't launch the application but script editor does. Any ideas?

Hello,

I am just learning AppleScript and trying to run the following simple script:
tell application "Finder" to get the index of Finder window "Macintosh HD"

It runs fine in ScriptEditor giving me the answer: 1

The first time I ran it in VSCode with this extension, it worked. But now I get the following error in the results window:
osascript: extension-output-idleberg.applescript-#1-AppleScript: No such file or directory

Whatever script I run, I get this error. The scripts compile fine, but I can never run them.

I am using all the default options except the option to always show the results.

I have tried reinstalling the extension, restarting VSCode and recreating the files with the script, but none of those worked.

As I say, I am completely new to AppleScript, so maybe there is something obvious I am doing wrong, but I can't figure it out.

When viewing this extension inside VS Code, the screenshot does not appear.

Thank you for writing the extension!!

If I open a new editor, and set the language mode to AppleScript I'm still not able to run the script until I save the actual file to the disk.

It would be great if this extension fully supported unsaved editors.

This extension is great, thank you for writing it. The one thing I wish it had was a Stop Script button like Apple's script editor. I was doing repeat until and sometimes things would hang up. A trip to the Activity Monitor allowed me to kill the wayward process but a stop button would have been a welcome convenience. It would also be nice to have indentation formatting support but I get the feeling that is probably a much bigger deal.

Script Editor saves .applescript text scripts in the MacRoman encoding. It's similar enough to some other encodings that it can't be auto-detected from the content itself. Example:

1. In VSCode settings, turn on files.autoGuessEncoding.
2. Save the script x ≥ 1 as MacRoman.
   (You can either use Script Editor or VSCode.)
   Close the file after saving.
3. Open the file in VSCode. It thinks the content is "Windows 1252"-encoded, and it thinks the content is x ³ 1.

Adding this in my VSCode settings informs VSCode of the proper encoding for AppleScript files:

    "[applescript]": {
        "files.encoding": "macroman",
    },

It would be nice if this package did this automatically!

Questions:

• Would it be possible to add a "Save AppleScript files as MacRoman" setting?
• Would it be a good idea for this setting to be enabled by default?

(Read the previous 'command not found issue', still isn't working)
I get this error: command 'extension.applescript.compile' not found when I am trying to compile my script, not sure why. Any ideas?

According to wikipedia .scpt, .scptd, .AppleScript are also valid file extensions.

We are going to support applescript via language id in vscode-icons.

I wanted to input 'activate' using autocomplete But it does not work
When I started the second snippet before the first snippet is complete, the AutoComplete feature does not work

I have v0.16.0 installed. I installed it via VSCode's Extensions tab/sidebar. Obviously I'm running on a Mac.

When I use the command "JXA: Run Script", I get this error:

command 'extension.jxa.run' not found

Any ideas? Thanks.