Hi Michael, 1. Showing a docstring on hover is a standard VSCode behavior. I don't think any extension should change it without a good reason.
2. I will investigate if it is possible to run repl from within VSCode. On the other hand, this behavior can be unexpected for some users. I believe, many users are willing to connect to a remote repl and need an explicit way to say which repl they want to use. Also note that if you open a Leiningen project and repl is running in console the extension will automatically connect to it. 3. I added an output channel for evaluation results in the latest extension version. You can try it out. I will investigate other options though. On Monday, September 19, 2016 at 11:50:08 PM UTC+6, Michael Ball wrote: > > On Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 4:32:39 AM UTC+6, Michael Ball wrote: >>> >>> >>> - Explicit docs/instructions on how to start and connect to the repl >>> would be good. I was able to get it connected but it was unclear if the >>> repl should be started from within VS code, or from a terminal then only >>> connect to it from VS code. >>> >> >> The instructions can be found in the "How to Use?" section of readme >> file. Not sure I understand your point about where the repl should be >> started. Do you mean you mean you expected repl will be run by VSCode on >> connect like it happens in Emacs? >> > > Yes, in LightTable and Cider generally the repl is started up from within > the editor, and it was unclear if there was an editor action that would do > this, or if the repl needed to be started in a terminal, then connected to. > > > > - Docstrings don't seem to work for thread first (-> xxx)? I also noticed >>> that it took some time after initial repl connect for the docstrings to >>> become available, probably some indexing delay because my laptop is >>> old+slow, initially they showed "Docstring not found". Also the docstring >>> not found message pops up for all characters on hover of mouse over things >>> such as parenthesis. >>> >> >> You're right about the thread first docstring. It looks like I need to >> adjust the regex for finding Clojure words. Will fix it soon. >> >> About docstrings. There shouldn't be snoticable time between pointing a >> thing and getting its documentation. However, the is a subtly aspect you >> should be aware of. If you have a namespace definition in the beginning of >> a file you should eval the file first. Say, you have a file with the >> following content: >> >> (ns foo) >> >> (println "Hello World") >> >> When you point println you won't see the docstring. The reason is the >> extension sends the following message to the repl: "Give me a docstring for >> the function println from foo namespace." But at the moment repl *know >> nothing *about foo namespace! So you neen to eval the file. This will >> result adding foo namespace to the repl and importing everything from >> clojure.core namespace to it (this is a sideeffect of ns macro). I believe, >> this is the common behaviour for all solutions based on cider-nrepl (I've >> checked it is true for Emacs Cider and Vim Fireplace). Though I admit it's >> not the most intuitive one. So I'm open to suggestions. >> > > Ah, you're probably right on the eval. Also was thinking that perhaps > doc-string could/should be shown on a keystroke instead of mouse-over? > > > > >> - If I had one feature request it would be for inline results a-la >>> LightTable. Any plans for something like that? >>> >> >> It's definetly a useful feature and I can add it easily. The only thing >> I'm not sure about is where to show an evaluation result :) Do you have any >> ideas. Maybe you've seen the similar feature in other VSCode plugins and >> know how to do it right? >> > > I don't know if there's a really good way to do it right now, but in some > very timely news just this morning a feature got some attention and we > hopefully should see it in October. Probably should watch this issue and > then use whatever they come up with. You could comment on that issue with > your use case as jrieken requested. > > https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/3220#issuecomment-248040912 > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FMicrosoft%2Fvscode%2Fissues%2F3220%23issuecomment-248040912&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGQvx2MxuvxtXE4foy1SesErwMwzg> > > > You might also have look at LightTable(my personal favorite for inline > results), and atom proto-repl for ideas on how to add inline results. In > proto-repl, I have to admit for larger data-structures, the expandable > data-structure inspector looks pretty nice. > https://atom.io/packages/proto-repl > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
