HNCode

Visual Studio Code Extension to browse Hacker News (code style)

Features

• Browse the front page of Hacker News (top stories).
• Browse any self post.
• Go to any external links from the extension window.
• View the comments for a post.

Requirements

This extension requires Visual Studio Code 1.38.0 or later to work properly.

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

• hncode.title: Set the title of Hacker News window.
• hncode.requestTimeout: Set the timeout for requests in milliseconds (ms).
• hncode.limitation: Set the amount of items to be loaded on the front page.

Known Issues

• Child comments are not being displayed yet.
• Formatting may be messed up in certain comment sections.

Release Notes

0.1.3

• FIXED: Possible uncaught network errors in API requests.

0.1.0

• FIXED: Self posts not being viewable.
• FIXED: Changing limitation had no effect.
• ADDED: Changing the title of the webview now works.
• WONTFIX: Child Comments cannot be displayed in the comment view.

0.0.8

• NEW: Rewritten HNCode in TypeScript.
• REMOVED: JavaScript implementation.

0.0.5

• NEW: Display parent comments when clicking on "x comments", like in HN.
• NEW: Display self posts when clicking on the link.
• NEW: URL information to the right of every post (except self), like in HN.
• FIXED: Undefined comments should no longer be shown in any view.

0.0.1

Pre-alpha Release