Running a 2D model in TRIK Studio from VSCode

This article discusses setting up and using the VSCode external programming environment to call programs in the TRIK Studio 2D model.

This will allow experienced TRIK Studio users to use all the features of professional text editors and their plugins: static analyzers, auto formatters, color themes.

It also describes how to automatically run the program on several fields, which can be useful for participants in competitions with automated verification systems.

Preparation

It is assumed that the user is writing a program in an external editor and would like to run this program on one or more fields. Fields can be presented both in .xml format (for more details, see the article "2D model tuning"), and in .qrs format.

1. Download run_2d_model.cmd for Windows or run_2d_model.sh for Linux and place it in the folder where TRIK Studio is installed.

2. Place the fields on which you want to test the program in a separate folder. If the fields are in .xml format, create an empty default.qrs project in this folder.

The manual was tested on the January 2020 release (version 1.42). You can download VSCode from the official website.

Setting up VSCode

1. Create a folder where the source code file will be placed.

2. Open this folder in VSCode with File → Open Folder.

3. ChooseTerminal → Configure Tasks.

4. If there were no tasks before, then selectCreate tasks.json file from template → Others in the drop-down menu . The file tasks.jsonwill be opened. If tasks were created earlier, it will open right after point 3.

5. Delete everything from this file and paste this code, where <path to field dir>is the full path to the folder containing fields:

{
"version": "2.0.0",
	"tasks": [ {
		"label": "Run TRIK 2D model",
		"type": "shell",
		"command": "/home/admin/TRIKStudio/run_2d_model.sh" <path to fields dir> script.js",
		"windows": {
			"command": "D:\\TRIKStudio\\run_2d_model.cmd  <path to fields dir> script.js"
		},
		"group": "test",
		"presentation": {
			"reveal": "always",
			"panel": "new"
		}
	}]
}

6. Depending on your operating system, edit the filetasks.json:

• For Linux, in the line corresponding to the "command" field, specify the path to the edited run_2d_model.shand specify your source code file as the third argument. This file should be located in the folder that we opened with VSCode. Example: "command": "/home/admin/TRIKStudio/run_2d_model.sh /home/admin/fields/ script.js"

• For Windows, in the line corresponding to the

  "windows": { "command" field, specify the path to the edited run_2d_model.shand specify your source code file as the third argument. This file should be located in the folder that we opened with VSCode. Example: "command": "D:\TRIKStudio\run_2d_model.cmd D:\Users\Admin\fields script.js"

7. Save the filetasks.json.

8. Now select Run TRIK 2D modelin the dropdown menu Terminal → Run Task or press the corresponding keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+B) to run your code.

For the proposal to add this functionality, the TRIK project team thanks Alexander Zhuravlev, the participant of the NTI IRS Olympiad 2018-2020.