Make CSpell work as Web Extension

[peetzweg]

As described in #1554 does not yet work as a web extension in the web browser version of vscode. I want to drive the effort forward to make it work in the browser.

[peetzweg]

I made an effort to start development of the web extension.

Extension can be run in a local webversion of vscode with this script:

yarn run open-in-browser

The webversion bundle can be bundled with in the client package.

yarn run build-web

My main issues as of now are that I wasn't able to get the yaml package working in the web version, although it should be browser compatible.

Furthermore the buffer polyfill does not seemed to get picked up properly. Not sure why.

[Jason3S]

@peetzweg,

Thank you for trying to help move this effort forward. I too would like to see it working.

I have been working towards this goal in the streetsidesoftware/cspell repo. The idea is to first get a version of cspell to be able to run in a browser. This isn't easy, but it is progressing.

At the minimum is to get cspell dictionaries to load in a browser.

[peetzweg]

@Jason3S glad to see that this issue is being worked on. It's such an essential extension. Sad that it's quite complex current state is hindering the easy deployment to a vscode browser version. I'm happy with the most basic feature set possible.

Is there a way to follow the development? I can't seem to find a branch, milestone or tag related to it. 🤔

[Jason3S]

@peetzweg,

I opened a tracking issue: streetsidesoftware/cspell#4279