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  "path": "/t/no-syntax-highlighting-in-vscode-on-windows/14345#post_3",
  "publishedAt": "2026-07-02T16:53:57.000Z",
  "site": "https://discourse.haskell.org",
  "tags": [
    "Add \"Haskell\" VSCode Extension Pack",
    "Release `language-haskell` 3.8.0"
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  "textContent": "The Haskell Syntax Highlighting extension was a dependency of the Haskell extension up until the last release, so it used to be installed automatically when installing the Haskell extension but now you have to install it separately. The maintainers are looking into ways to improve the experience:\n\nAdd \"Haskell\" VSCode Extension Pack\n\n> A VSCode Extension pack allows us to point users to a single extension and install all other extensions that we think are important for the modern Haskell IDE experience. Before Release `language-haskell` 3.8.0, vscode-haskell (or Haskell on the Marketplace) forced a dependency on the extension vscode-haskell-syntax-highlighting. Every user had to install vscode-haskell-syntax-highlighting alongside vscode-haskell extension. We dropped this explicit dependency during the migration to the new v…",
  "title": "No Syntax Highlighting in VSCode on Windows"
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