String Mancer

Description

String Mancer is a powerful Visual Studio Code extension that provides enhanced copy, paste, and string manipulation features.

• Custom Paste: Replaces backslashes (\) with double backslashes (\\) when pasting text.
• Custom Copy: Replaces double backslashes (\\) with single backslashes (\) when copying text to the clipboard.
• Uppercase: Converts the selected text to uppercase.
• Lowercase: Converts the selected text to lowercase.
• CamelCase: Converts the selected text to camelCase format.
• Capitalize: Capitalizes the first letter of each word in the selected text.
• Join Lines: Joins multiple lines in the selected text with a user-provided string or character.
• Split Lines: Splits the selected text into multiple lines based on a user-provided string or character.
• Join Words: Joins words in the selected text with a user-provided string or character.
• Split Words: Splits words in the selected text based on a user-provided string or character.
• Split CamelCase: Splits a camelCase string into individual words.

Installation

1. Download the .vsix package of the extension.
2. Open Visual Studio Code.
3. Go to the Extensions view by clicking on the Extensions icon in the Activity Bar or pressing Ctrl+Shift+X.
4. Click on the three-dot menu at the top-right corner of the Extensions view and select "Install from VSIX...".
5. Navigate to the downloaded .vsix file and select it to install the extension.

Usage

• Custom Paste: Press CTRL+ALT+V (or from context menu choose String Mancer > Custom Paste) to paste text with backslashes replaced by double backslashes.
• Custom Copy: Select text and press CTRL+ALT+C (or from context menu choose String Mancer > Custom Copy) to copy text with double backslashes replaced by single backslashes.
• Uppercase: Select text and right-click to choose String Mancer > Uppercase to convert the selected text to uppercase.
• Lowercase: Select text and right-click to choose String Mancer > Lowercase to convert the selected text to lowercase.
• CamelCase: Select text and right-click to choose String Mancer > CamelCase to convert the selected text to camelCase format.
• Capitalize: Select text and right-click to choose String Mancer > Capitalize to capitalize the first letter of each word in the selected text.
• Join Lines: Select text with multiple lines and right-click to choose String Mancer > Join Lines to join them with a user-provided string or character.
• Split Lines: Select text and right-click to choose String Mancer > Split Lines to split the text by a user-provided string or character.
• Join Words: Select text and right-click to choose String Mancer > Join Words to join words with a user-provided string or character.
• Split Words: Select text and right-click to choose String Mancer > Split Words to split the text by a user-provided string or character.
• Split CamelCase: Select camelCase text and right-click to choose String Mancer > Split CamelCase to split the camelCase text into individual words.

Creating the VSIX Package

1. Make sure you have vsce (Visual Studio Code Extension Manager) installed globally:

   npm install -g vsce

2. Navigate to the root directory of your extension where package.json is located.
3. Run the following command to create a .vsix package:

   vsce package

4. The generated .vsix file will be available in the same directory.

Features

• Replace \ with \\ on paste.
• Replace \\ with \ on copy.
• Convert selected text to uppercase.
• Convert selected text to lowercase.
• Convert selected text to camelCase.
• Capitalize the first letter of each word in the selected text.
• Join multiple lines with a user-provided string or character.
• Split selected text by a user-provided string or character.
• Join words in selected text with a user-provided string or character.
• Split selected text into words by a user-provided string or character.
• Split camelCase text into individual words.

Commands

• extension.customPaste: Triggers the custom paste command.
• extension.customCopy: Triggers the custom copy command.
• extension.toUppercase: Converts the selected text to uppercase.
• extension.toLowercase: Converts the selected text to lowercase.
• extension.toCamelCase: Converts the selected text to camelCase.
• extension.toCapitalize: Capitalizes the first letter of each word in the selected text.
• extension.joinLinesBy: Joins multiple lines in the selected text with a user-provided string or character.
• extension.splitLinesBy: Splits the selected text into lines based on a user-provided string or character.
• extension.joinWordsBy: Joins words in the selected text with a user-provided string or character.
• extension.splitWordsBy: Splits the selected text into words based on a user-provided string or character.
• extension.splitCamelCase: Splits camelCase text into individual words.

Contributing

If you would like to contribute to this extension, please submit a pull request or open an issue on the GitHub repository.

License

This extension is licensed under the MIT License.