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What are the most popular alternatives to building a custom VS Code extension if I just want to automate text formatting?

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What are the most popular alternatives to building a custom VS Code extension if I just want to automate text formatting?
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VS Code documentation tasks formatting on save settings tasks keyboard shortcuts snippets external toolsGoogle ↗
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Prettier documentation CLI editor integration format files ESLint autofix lint-staged documentationGoogle ↗
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VS Code extensions Run on Save extension marketplace format text automationGoogle ↗
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VS Code documentation tasks formatting on save settings tasks keyboard shortcuts snippets external tools Google ↗
Prettier documentation CLI editor integration format files ESLint autofix lint-staged documentation Google ↗
VS Code extensions Run on Save extension marketplace format text automation Google ↗
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VS Code documentation tasks formatting on save settings tasks keyboard shortcuts snippets external tools
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Prettier documentation CLI editor integration format files ESLint autofix lint-staged documentation
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VS Code extensions Run on Save extension marketplace format text automation
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