vscode-nsis-plugins

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IntelliSense for third-party plug-ins for Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS)

Installation

Visual Studio Code 1.7 (and higher) will automatically install the NSIS extension as dependency. If you're using an older version, you will have to do so yourself.

Extension Marketplace

Launch Quick Open, paste the following command, and press Enter

ext install idleberg.nsis-plugins

CLI

With shell commands installed, you can use the following command to install the extension:

$ code --install-extension idleberg.nsis-plugins

Packaged Extension

Download the packaged extension from the the release page and install it from the command-line:

$ code --install-extension path/to/nsis-plugins-*.vsix

Alternatively, you can download the packaged extension from the Open VSX Registry or install it using the ovsx command-line tool:

$ ovsx get idleberg.nsis-plugins

Clone Repository

Change to your Visual Studio Code extensions directory:

# Windows Powershell
cd $Env:USERPROFILES\.vscode\extensions

# Windows Command Prompt
$ cd %USERPROFILE%\.vscode\extensions

# Linux & macOS
$ cd ~/.vscode/extensions/

Clone repository as nsis-plugins:

$ git clone https://github.com/idleberg/vscode-nsis-plugins nsis-plugins

Supported plug-ins

License

This work is dual-licensed under The MIT License.