title: Writing Visual Studio Code Syntaxes in Monarch
body: <p>The <a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/Docs/customization/colorizer" rel="noreferrer">VSCode documentation</a> contains details on how to create new colorizers using <code>.tmLanguage</code> files. The Monaco editor which VSCode uses has support for defining syntax highlighters using the <a href="https://microsoft.github.io/monaco-editor/monarch.html" rel="noreferrer">JSON-based Monarch format</a>, but I can't see how to use Monarch for defining syntaxes in VSCode extensions.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to define a new VSCode syntax using the Monarch format rather than textmate style language files?</p>