Soooo...if one was to want to implement new Python or other new languages, it would be possible to implement and leverage one of the implemented servers like those defined here?
https://microsoft.github.io/language-server-protocol/implementors/servers/ Eric On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 8:05 AM Christian Lenz <christian.l...@gmx.net> wrote: > You can see the full list (more are coming soon) of all languages which we > can have in NetBeans here: > https://github.com/Chris2011/netbeans-textmate-files > > This is just simple basic syntax highlighting for over 50 languages. Well > known and some not well known. > > What is needed here for every language is: > > - Semantic syntax highlighting (more than with textmate I think) > - Formatting (custom implementation or LSP?) > - Refactoring (renaming, find usages, go to, etc. – LSP needed) > - Hints/Fixes/Suggestions, etc – LSP needed + custom implementation if LSP > doesn’t have that much > - Braces matching, automatic closing of braces (custom implementation?) > - Code completion – LSP needed > - Code templates – custom implementation > - Showing errors of the Syntax or Control flow – LSP needed > > So as an alternative to ANTLR which of course is good, we Need those stuff > for textmate too. Where we can all implement the stuff based on textmate > files and not only on g and g4 lexer and parser. If possible. > > > Cheers > > Chris > > Von: John Kostaras > Gesendet: Freitag, 2. April 2021 16:17 > An: dev@netbeans.apache.org > Betreff: Re: AW: How to Implement a New Language > > Hallo, > the best 'tutorial' is chapter 11 of Pro Apache NetBeans > < > https://www.amazon.com/Pro-Apache-NetBeans-Building-Applications/dp/1484253698 > > > book, even though it doesn't use the modern trend of TextMate and LSP, but > it is based on ANTLR. > > This confluence page > <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Community+plugins> > provides an overview of the status of language support of Apache Netbeans. > The situation is really bad, compared to the language support that existed > back in NetBeans 8.2 for example, or even earlier versions. There are many > old and half-baked plugins for many languages, and I don't know what is the > best way to move ahead in this respect. > > Kind regards, > > John. > > > > On Mon, 29 Mar 2021 at 23:02, antonio <anto...@vieiro.net> wrote: > > > Very true. Maintaining an ANTLR grammar over the years is difficult and > > time consuming (see for instance all the changes to the NetBeans C++ > > grammar in NetBeans [1]). > > > > LSP servers, when mantained by knowledgeable teams, may give better > > results with less effort. Apple, for instance, decided to move to clangd > > (from libclang) a few years back ([2]). > > > > For simpler languages/DSLs I think Eclipse's XText > > https://www.eclipse.org/Xtext/ outperforms JetBrain's MPS > > https://www.jetbrains.com/mps/ (the generated parsers could then be > > reused in NetBeans). > > > > Cheers, > > Antonio > > > > [1] > > > > > https://github.com/emilianbold/netbeans-releases/commits/master/cnd.modelimpl/src/org/netbeans/modules/cnd/modelimpl/parser/cppparser.g > > > > [2] > > https://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/cfe-dev/2018-April/057668.html > > > > > > El 29/3/21 a las 11:39, Christian Lenz escribió: > > > Hey all, > > > > > > for myself I prefer adding new languages with textmate nowadays and > LSP. > > It is not possible for some languages to find updated versions of the > ANTLR > > Grammar file. For example C#. I dunno how it is for rust but yeah, I > still > > prefer Textmate. We Need to figure out how we can create the Tokens based > > on the textmate file instead of ANTLR. I would prefer that. In the end, > > everythins should be then the same as for ANTLR. > > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > > > > > > > > -- Eric Bresie ebre...@gmail.com
