LaTeX-Workshop/CONTRIBUTING.md
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# Contributing to LaTeX-Workshop
## Quickstart (mac/linux)
```bash
git clone https://github.com/James-Yu/LaTeX-Workshop.git
cd ./LaTeX-Workshop
npm install --no-optional
command code .
```
Press <kbd>F5</kbd> in vscode to start the development version in debug mode.
## Prerequisites for building the extension
Make sure you have installed:
- [`node.js`](https://nodejs.org/) v12
- `npm`
- the [`eslint`](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=dbaeumer.vscode-eslint) extension for VS Code (recommended)
Then run
npm install --no-optional
inside the extension workspace to download the node modules needed to build the extension.
## Development
To lint changes, run
npm run lint
To compile, run
npm run compile
To build a release image, run
npm run release
## Testing and debugging the extension
In VS Code, simply press <kbd>F5</kbd> (or run `Debug: Start Debugging` from the command palette) and a new window will pop up where you can test the extension.
### Debugging PDF viewer
To debug the internal PDF viewer, select `View LaTeX PDF > View in web browser,` and view a PDF file in Google Chrome. You can debug the viewer with [Chrome DevTools](https://developers.google.com/web/tools/chrome-devtools/) as a general web application.