🔴 VS Code Recorder

This extension provides functionality to record changes made in the active text editor in Visual Studio Code. The changes are recorded in a CSV file and can be processed to generate output files in SRT and JSON formats.

📚 Table of Contents

• 🔴 VS Code Recorder
  • 📚 Table of Contents
  • 📖 Usage
  • 📄 Output
  • ▶️ Play it back!
  • 🔧 Extension Settings
  • ⚙️ Requirements
  • 🐛 Known Issues
  • 🤝 Contributing
  • 💸 Support me
  • 📝 Release Notes

📖 Usage

You can control the recording in two ways:

1. Using the status bar (on the right): Click on "Start recording" to begin and "Stop recording" to end.
2. Using the VS Code Recorder sidebar: Click on the extension icon in the activity bar to open the sidebar, where you can:
   • Start/Stop the recording
   • View the recording timer
   • See the current file being recorded
   • Manage your recorded files
   • Add the export path to .gitignore

The extension will automatically record changes in your text editor. When you stop the recording, it will finalize the data and save it to a CSV (source), JSON and SRT files.

You can customize the recording experience with these features:

• Choose the export formats (SRT or JSON or both)
• Set custom names for recording folders
• Automatically add the export path to .gitignore

You can also use the command palette to access the extension's features. Available commands:

• vs-code-recorder.startRecording: Start the recording
• vs-code-recorder.stopRecording: Stop the recording
• vs-code-recorder.openSettings: Open the extension settings

📄 Output

The recorded changes are saved in a CSV file in your workspace.

Then, this file is processed to generate output files in SRT and JSON formats, providing a detailed and accessible log of your coding session.

▶️ Play it back!

• The output files can be played back in the VS Code Recorder Player web app.
• 🚧 React component available soon...

🔧 Extension Settings

• vsCodeRecorder.export.exportPath: Set the export path. Use ${workspaceFolder} to export to the workspace folder. In case the path does not exist in the workspace, it will be created.

  Default: ${workspaceFolder}/vs-code-recorder/

• vsCodeRecorder.export.createPathOutsideWorkspace: Create the export path outside the workspace if it doesn't exist

  Default: false

• vsCodeRecorder.export.addToGitignore: Add the export path to .gitignore when creating the folder

  Default: false

• vsCodeRecorder.export.exportFormats: Enabled export formats (SRT or JSON or both)

  Default: ["JSON", "SRT"]

• vsCodeRecorder.recording.askFolderName: Ask for a custom folder name before starting a recording

  Default: false

• vsCodeRecorder.appearance.minimalMode: Enable or disable the minimal mode

  Default: false

• vsCodeRecorder.appearance.showTimer: Enable or disable the display time

  Default: true

⚙️ Requirements

This extension requires Visual Studio Code, or any other editor that supports the VS Code API (like Cursor, VSCodium, Windsurf, etc.), to run. No additional dependencies are needed.

🐛 Known Issues

There are currently no known issues with this extension.

🤝 Contributing

If you'd like to contribute to this extension, please feel free to fork the repository and submit a pull request.

💸 Support me

If you like this extension, please consider supporting me!

📝 Release Notes

See CHANGELOG.md

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😊 Enjoy!