[Question] Would this method possibly work for another extension

[tecosaur]

Hello,

First things first, I'm going to admit that I'm not actually a user of this extension. Rather I'm interested if you might have an idea if what you've used here could be applied to something somewhat similar - namely previews of maths blocks for the extension LaTeX-Workshop which I have a vested interest in.

Ideally, I'm hoping to implement something like this. Since from a having-inline-element-appear point of view this seems to be the closest thing - I thought it would be worth asking you whether you think something like this would be possible, and if so whether you would have any pointers.

Thanks! tecosaur

[kisstkondoros]

Hi,

I think it could be implemented in a similar fashion. The key things are the followings:

• create a language server (child process)
• register a callback on it which parses the input and gives you the text ranges your hover provider would operate on, and possibly also an image
• when that is done the language client has all the information it needs to provide the preview

You can also clone this repo and adjust it for your needs and publish it as a separate extension, however I would recommend to contribute to the mentioned LaTeX extension instead.

Also please check the vscode API: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/extensionAPI/vscode-api and the samples they provide: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-extension-samples

Have fun!