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HeaderWizard extension for Visual Studio Code enhances your coding experience by allowing you to effortlessly add custom headers to specified file types. With this extension, you can define templates for headers tailored to different file extensions, ensuring consistency and compliance with project standards.
- Custom Templates: Define unique header templates for various file types, such as .lua, .cpp, .java, etc.
- Automatic Header Insertion: When creating a new file with a supported extension, the extension automatically adds the predefined header template.
- Flexibility: Modify and update templates easily to adapt to changing project requirements or coding standards.
- Save Time and Maintain Consistency: Streamline your workflow by eliminating the need to manually add headers to each file, while ensuring uniformity across your codebase.
- Simple Interface: Simple configuration interface within VS Code makes setting up and managing templates a breeze.
- Extensibility: Support for adding new file types and customizing templates as per your needs.
Get the HeaderWizard extension for VS Code now and level up your coding efficiency and consistency!
Create your first template
Visual Studio Code (1.87.0 or newer)
If you want to install the development version you need to have node and npm installed on your system to run it. It is recommended to use the node version used for VS Code development itself which is documented here
Development Version:
git clone https://github.com/4c65736975/headerWizardcode headerWizardnpm installin the terminal, thenF5to run
Latest Stable Development Version:
- Download the latest release
- Open the VS Code Extensions tab
Ctrl+Shift+X - Click
···in upper right corner of the tab - Click
Install from VSIX...and select the downloaded .vsix file
Latest Stable Version:
- Install it like any other extension via VS Code Marketplace, you can follow the official docs
Make sure that the template you want to use is currently enabled
When creating a new file, the template that is currently enabled for a given extension is automatically applied
Customize your header templates effortlessly using dynamic parameters enclosed in curly braces {}. Available parameters include:
Filename
Inserts the created file name with its extension.
{filename} e.g. main.ts
Date
Inserts the current day.
{DD} e.g. 28
Inserts the current month.
{MM} e.g. 04
Inserts the current short year.
{YY} e.g. 24
Inserts the current long year.
{YYYY} e.g. 2024
Combine these parameters to create your desired date format. For instance, {DD.MM.YY} or {MM/DD/YYYY}. The possibilities are endless!
Distributed under the GPL-3.0 license. See LICENSE for more information.