The change to editor.wordSeparators in package.json ensures that identifiers containing $ are treated as a single word (currently, they are split on the $ symbol. This is useful for extensions such as vscodevim that allow for operators to be performed on words (although there are still some issues, for example: https://github.com/VSCodeVim/Vim/issues/8190).
The change to
editor.wordSeparatorsinpackage.jsonensures that identifiers containing$are treated as a single word (currently, they are split on the$symbol. This is useful for extensions such as vscodevim that allow for operators to be performed on words (although there are still some issues, for example: https://github.com/VSCodeVim/Vim/issues/8190).The change to
wordPatterninviper-configurationis analogous, but changes different behaviour within vscode. More details are available here: https://code.visualstudio.com/api/language-extensions/language-configuration-guide#word-pattern