MQL4 Syntax Highlighting Extension for VisualStudio Code

While working on the MT4 TrendStop Indicator project I realized that there were currently no syntax highlighting extension for the MQL languages in Visual Studio Code: What a shame! It's now time to fix this…

So I checked the indications on how to build such an extension, and then started to work on this syntax highlighting project.

Installed yeoman and code generator globally:

npm install -g yo
npm install -g generator-code

Additional infos on using the code generator: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/tools/yocode

Initial MQL4 language file imported from: https://github.com/currencysecrets/mql4/blob/master/Syntaxes/MQL4.tmLanguage (raw file here)

Init of the project with code generator (run from PowerShell in project folder):

yo code

Installing vsce to share MQL4 extension on the extension marketplace:

npm install -g vsce

Created Personal Access Token as indicated on this page from this page: https://nervtech.visualstudio.com/_details/security/tokens

Created publisher nervtech (with email address “roche point emmanuel at gmail point com”):

vsce create-publisher nervtech

npm

vsce

The extension is available on the Visual Studio Code marketplace or can be installed directly in Visual Studio Code with the command (use Ctrl+P to enter):

ext install mq4

The sources for this extension are available on github.