Open the current Markdown file in ColaMD — the Markdown-as-Database editor with live file watching.

Adds one command: ColaMD: Open Current Markdown in ColaMD.

ColaMD watches files on disk, not editor buffers. If the current document has unsaved changes, this extension saves it first (document.save()), then launches ColaMD with the file path, so ColaMD always shows up-to-date content.

1. Package the extension (from this directory):

   npm run package

   This produces colamd-open-in-colamd-0.1.0.vsix (no dependencies added — vsce runs via npx).

   Alternatively, build it with the VS Code CLI:

   npx @vscode/vsce package

2. In VS Code, open the Extensions view (⇧⌘X / Ctrl+Shift+X).

3. Click the ... (More Actions) menu in the top-right of the Extensions view → Install from VSIX... → select the .vsix file.

4. The command is ready immediately. No reload needed for the command itself; reload the window if the right-click menu entry does not appear.

• Right-click inside a Markdown editor → ColaMD: Open Current Markdown in ColaMD.
• Or open the Command Palette (⇧⌘P / Ctrl+Shift+P) with a Markdown editor active (the command only appears when the active editor language is markdown).

If the document has unsaved changes, VS Code prompts to save (for new/untitled documents) or saves silently — only then is the file handed to ColaMD.

Platform defaults:

Set colamd.executablePath when ColaMD is not on PATH, e.g. C:\Program Files\ColaMD\ColaMD.exe on Windows or /opt/colamd/colamd on Linux. If launching fails, VS Code shows the underlying error (e.g. app not found).

• Unsaved content must be written to disk first. The extension auto-saves before opening — that is by design, since ColaMD syncs file changes, not editor buffers. If the save fails (e.g. dialog cancelled), the file is not opened.
• No two-way live sync. This is one-way: VS Code → ColaMD. Editing the same file in ColaMD while it is open in VS Code may trigger VS Code's "file changed on disk" prompt.
• Files on disk only. Documents that are not file-scheme (untitled, git, etc.) are rejected with a clear message — save them first.
• Markdown editors only. The command is only available when the active editor language is markdown.

Pure JavaScript, no build step, no dependencies. Check syntax with:

npm run check

To publish to the VS Code Marketplace later:

1. Register a publisher at https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/manage and set the publisher field in package.json to it (currently colamd).
2. npx @vscode/vsce login <publisher>
3. npm run package — then upload the .vsix in the Marketplace management page, or npx @vscode/vsce publish to publish directly.