[Vcxproj] All text within <Command> node should be highlighted as .bat (.cmd) code.

[DmitrySokolov]

Issue Type: Bug

All text within this node

<Command>
echo Text
for /L %%A in (1,1,10) do echo %%A
<Command>

is a valid .bat code. And it should be highlited appropriately.

VS Code version: Code 1.21.1 (79b44aa, 2018-03-14T14:46:47.128Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.16299

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz (4 x 2675)
Memory (System)	8.00GB (3.64GB free)
Process Argv	C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe -r C:\Dev\Projects\ITC\Icad\trunk\IntelliCAD\Source
Screen Reader	no
VM	50%

Extensions (3)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
hg	mrc	1.2.3
vscode-fileutils	sle	2.8.1
cmake	twx	0.0.17

(2 theme extensions excluded)

Reproduces without extensions

[ramya-rao-a]

What is the file extension on the file where you have this code?

[DmitrySokolov]

It's a well known Microsoft Visual Studio project files.

[ramya-rao-a]

@DmitrySokolov vcxproj files use the builtin xml extension. The xml grammar is not aware of any other embedded languages and so cannot provide the appropriate highlighting.

@aeschli Are there any existing feature requests for supporting syntax highlighting of embedded languages as a generic feature?

[aeschli]

@ramya-rao-a There are requests for generic solutions, but I don't think there is a generic solution.

To get better support for vcxproj, someone should come up with specific support for that file type.
That means implementing a TextMate grammar for vcxproj which can be based on the XML one.

[ramya-rao-a]

@aeschli

There are requests for generic solutions, but I don't think there is a generic solution

I was hoping to get a link to one such feature request so that @DmitrySokolov can understand all the discussions we've had in this topic till now

[ramya-rao-a]

@DmitrySokolov #1751 #670 #46133 #47288 cover most of the discussions in this area