The LOVE Metalanguage

Official Language Server and Syntax Highlighting for the LOVE Metalang compiler.

Features

• Triadic Syntax Highlighting: Follows the ROYGBIV color philosophy. String boundaries (<...>, "...") are colored normally, while embedded ornaments like ::tags pop independently.
• Full Extension Support: Natively registers highlighting for .love, .skill, .job, .template, .rule, .model, .main, .language, .secret, .command, .error, .log, .prompt, .programme, .test, .persona, .fact, .context, .lang.
• Active Language Server (LSP): Evaluates deterministic natural language ASTs. Rejects esoteric dialects (e.g. SATOR, caveman) and enforces strict Triadic Logic (Firstness, Secondness, Thirdness).

Next Steps: Tree-Sitter & Autocompletion

To enhance the LSP with real-time autocompletion, a Tree-sitter grammar should be integrated into the server.

1. Compile the Grammar: Write your tree-sitter-love grammar (defining nodes for Firstness, #INVARIANT, etc.) and compile it via tree-sitter generate.
2. Bind to Node.js LSP: In server/src/server.ts, import web-tree-sitter:

   import Parser from 'web-tree-sitter';
   await Parser.init();
   const parser = new Parser();
   const Lang = await Parser.Language.load('path/to/tree-sitter-love.wasm');
   parser.setLanguage(Lang);
   

3. Parse and Provide Completions: On every document change (documents.onDidChangeContent), pass the text through parser.parse(text). In connection.onCompletion(), traverse the Tree-sitter AST to determine if the cursor is inside a string or global scope, and return the relevant @::tags or keywords!

Uploading to the VS Code Marketplace

Once the Tree-sitter LSP is finalized, you can officially publish this to the Microsoft Marketplace:

1. Get a Personal Access Token (PAT)
   • Go to Azure DevOps.
   • Create a PAT with the scope Marketplace (Publish).
2. Create a Publisher
   • Go to the VS Code Marketplace Publisher Management page.
   • Create a publisher matching "love-lang-foundation" from your package.json.
3. Login via VSCE
   • Run npx @vscode/vsce login love-lang-foundation
   • Paste your PAT when prompted.
4. Publish!
   • Run npx @vscode/vsce publish
   • Within 5 minutes, LOVE Metalang will be live in the extension tab for anyone in the world to download!