bf-server/README.md

BF extension

A simple language server based VSCode Extension for the (Branflakes?) (BrainFuck?) BF language. You can also execute your code and see its output.

Functionality

• Syntax Highlighting
• Execution
• Autocomplete suggestions

Execution

Use the BF execute task to execute the code. Because JS is single threaded+. If the program requires input, it will be requested as a prompt.

TODO: Implement a timeout.

Changelog

0.3.0

• Added a task for execution
  • Press Control C to halt it while its waiting for input
  • Close task to abort execution

0.2.1

• Change category
• Small bugfix for brackets validation

0.2.0

• Cycle input pointer on overflow/underflow
• Refactoring code

0.1.0

• Request input as required during execution
• Using array-based indexing. This implies that only positive indices upto 30k are supported.

Building it

1. npm i - Install all dependencies
2. npm i -g @vscode/vsce - Install VSCode Command line CLI
3. vsce package - Package to VSIX