ANTLR is a parser generator for java plus a few other languages. It is
used in the netbeans C/C++ plugin and maybe others. Writing a D grammar
for ANLTR *might* be less tedious than just converting the DMD frontend
to java, I'm not really sure, but it definitely is powerful enough to do
it. Much better than the Schliemann crap, IMO.
Probably the best bet, as it is present from at least 5.5 and on, but I
shudder to think of the rest of the code that would have to be written.
And I have an ANLTR grammar that I am working on roughly for the topic
at hand. I'm also interested in a netbeans plugin for D.
JC wrote:
So, are you saying that it might be possible to create a D plugin for NB
6.7?
Also, what is ANTLR?
Thanks,
JC
BLS wrote:
dsimcha wrote:
== Quote from JC ([email protected])'s article
I am considering trying NetBeans for all of my development. I have
been using
Eclipse, but have found that I am only using it because of its
project interface
and its language highlight support (which sometimes doesn't work).
This brings me to my question: I know that NetBeans will work for
PHP and C++,
the other two languages I use, but is there a way to get it to work
with D?
Thanks,
JC
AFAIK, no, but if you could create a plugin for it, I would be
forever grateful.
A few months ago, I crossed over to the dark side and wrote a very
small (1-day)
project in Java because it had a library that I really needed.
Despite despising
everything else about the language (I had never used Java before
this), I was
thoroughly amazed by the power of NetBeans.
The experience made me understand why people use Java: As much as
Java the core
language sucks, the IDEs for it are so good that they're almost
metaprogramming
facilities that write a bunch of your more tedious Java code for
you. Of course,
I wouldn't trade D templates for it, but if C++'s relatively weak
templates were
the tradeoff, I might consider it. If something half this good were
created for
D, it would be a huge step toward getting D accepted by the wider
community.
I spend (waste) a couple of time in creating a Netbeans based D IDE.
(and I agree, Netbeans is a pretty good tool, and the Developer
Collaboration plugin is fantastic)
Problem was, and still is the virulent paradigm and API change.
During NB 5.5 / 6 the Schlieman engine was a hot topic. ( Meanwhile
this engine is pretty dead. Was not usable for D 'cause LARL 1
limitation ++)
The next incarnation since NB 6.1 - 6.5 was GSF (Generic scripting
framework) which , however, never really fits into the Editor-Lexer-
bridge API.
I will not say that it was impossible to create D language support
using these APIs but you always have to keep your own code base in
sync. with the NB SVN repos, which was, frankly said, a pain in the ass.
Now, for the upcoming NB 6.7 the "foreign language related " APIs
seem to become stable. IMO the remaining part is ANTLR
integration/support.
Scala,Python,Ruby,PHP,Erlang and since a few days, Scheme support are
looking quit promising...
Björn
PS :what happens to Netbeans since ORACLE is the new SUN Owner?
