Section Comment

Generate ASCII art section comments in VS Code / Cursor.

Features

• Insert decorative ASCII art comments to mark sections in your code
• Auto-detects language and uses appropriate comment style (block or line)
• Customizable fill character, spacing, and comment preference
• Auto-loads letter patterns from alphabet/ folder

Usage

1. Press Cmd+Shift+C (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift+C (Windows/Linux)
2. Enter your section name
3. ASCII art comment is inserted at cursor position

Or use Command Palette: Insert Section Comment

Example Output

/*
##    ## ######## ##       ##        ######  
##    ## ##       ##       ##       ##    ## 
########  ######  ##       ##       ##    ## 
##    ## ##       ##       ##       ##    ## 
##    ## ######## ######## ########  ######  
*/

Settings

Setting	Default	Description
sectionComment.fillChar	#	Character used to fill ASCII art
sectionComment.letterSpacing	1	Space between letters
sectionComment.spaceSize	4	Width of space character
sectionComment.preferLineComments	false	Prefer line comments over block

Adding New Characters

Add a .txt file to the alphabet/ folder:

1. For letters/numbers: Use the character as filename (e.g., a.txt, 5.txt)
2. For special characters: Use _name.txt format

Each file should contain exactly 7 lines of ASCII art using # as the fill character.

Special Character Filenames

Filename	Character
_dash.txt	-
_plus.txt	+
_equals.txt	=
_exclaim.txt	!
_question.txt	?
_at.txt	@
_hash.txt	#
_dollar.txt	$
_percent.txt	%
_amp.txt	&
_star.txt	*
_lparen.txt	(
_rparen.txt	)
_lbracket.txt	[
_rbracket.txt	]
_lbrace.txt	{
_rbrace.txt	}
_pipe.txt	|
_colon.txt	:
_semicolon.txt	;
_comma.txt	,
_dot.txt	.
_quote.txt	'
_dquote.txt	"
_backtick.txt	`
_tilde.txt	~
_caret.txt	^
_underscore.txt	_

Development

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Compile TypeScript
npm run compile

# Watch mode
npm run watch

Installation

From VSIX

# Package the extension
npx vsce package

# Install
code --install-extension section-comment-1.0.0.vsix

For Development

1. Open this folder in VS Code
2. Press F5 to launch Extension Development Host
3. Test the extension in the new window