ABACUS INPUT for VS Code

Keyword completion, validation, and diagnostics for ABACUS INPUT files in Visual Studio Code.

Features

This extension provides support for editing ABACUS INPUT files:

• 🎯 Keyword Completion - Keyword and value completion based on ABACUS documentation
• ✅ Validation & Diagnostics - Error detection and parameter validation
• 📖 Hover Documentation - Keyword documentation on hover
• 🎨 Syntax Highlighting - Syntax highlighting for INPUT files
• 📝 Code Snippets - Quick insertion for common ABACUS parameters

Installation

Install from the VS Code Marketplace or search for "ABACUS INPUT" in the VS Code Extensions panel.

Usage

Automatic Activation

The extension automatically activates when:

• Opening a file named INPUT or INPUT.*
• A file with ABACUS INPUT content is opened

Commands

Command	Description
ABACUS INPUT: Reload Data	Reload the completion data from JSON files
ABACUS INPUT: Check Data Status	Display current data status and statistics

Configuration

Setting	Default	Description
abacusInput.completion.enabled	true	Enable completion
abacusInput.diagnostics.enabled	true	Enable validation and diagnostics
abacusInput.hover.enabled	true	Enable hover documentation
abacusInput.dataPath	""	Custom path to ABACUS JSON data files

Development

Build

npm install
npm run compile

Watch Mode

npm run watch

Lint

npm run lint

Package

npm run package

Project Structure

vscode-abacus-input/
├── src/                    # Extension source code
│   ├── extension.ts        # Main extension entry point
│   ├── completionProvider.ts
│   ├── diagnosticProvider.ts
│   ├── hoverProvider.ts
│   └── dataProvider.ts
├── syntaxes/               # TextMate grammar for syntax highlighting
├── snippets/               # Code snippets
├── data/                   # JSON data files for completion
├── language-configuration.json
└── package.json            # Extension manifest

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

Acknowledgments

• ABACUS - Atomic-orbital Based Ab-initio Computation at UStc
• Data sourced from the official ABACUS documentation