vscode-pynsist

Language support, snippets and build-system for pynsist, a tool to build Windows installers for your Python applications

See Pynsist in action

Installation

Extension Marketplace

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

ext install idleberg.pynsist

CLI

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

$ code --install-extension idleberg.pynsist

Packaged Extension

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

$ code --install-extension path/to/pynsist-*.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.pynsist

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 pynsist:

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

Usage

Snippets

This package provides snippets to create sections and settings inside your installer.cfg, as well as all supported NSIS variables.

Building

Before you can build, make sure pynsist and makensis are in your PATH environment variable. Alternatively, you can specify the path to pynsist in your user settings.

Once set up, you can make use of the commands provided by this package:

• pynsist: Generate Script - generates an NSIS script from your installer.cfg
• pynsist: Compile Installer - generates an NSIS script and compiles it
• pynsist: Create Build Task - create build task for the built-in Task Runner

Related

• atom-pynsist
• sublime-pynsist

License

This work is licensed under The MIT License