Something like <.ignore>..</.ignore> would not be specific to the language (EEx knows nothing about HTML) but HTML specific. Something like ERb's would be EEx specific, so we would need to decide which solution we want. If our preference is on tags, then this should go back to LiveView. :D
On Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 2:37 PM Rich Jones <miser...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey all! > > This bubbled up from what I thought was an issue in a VSCode plugin, but > is actually an issue with the language: > > https://github.com/elixir-lsp/vscode-elixir-ls/issues/215 > https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view/issues/1761 > > The issue is that in the current state of the language, there is no way to > toggle comments on and off sections of mixed ERL/HTML in Eex/Heex > templates in a way that integrates nicely with a text editor, as the `%>` > ending (for instance) a for loop will stop the commenting, leaving the > contents of the loop exposed. > > The same problem has existed for Ruby ERB templates for a long time and > solutions have evolved as the language has matured. There was originally a > `=begin` and `=end` syntax (ex: `<% =begin %> <% ruby_code %> <% =end > %>`), but I think people found this is kind of clunky. Another strategy was > to use `<% if false %><!-- start erb comment --> .. <!-- end erb > comment --><% end %>`, but again, this looks weird. > > A convention developed to define an empty 'comment' method in the > application, as Jose suggests in issue 1761 above, so one can do `<% > comment do %>..<% end %>`, however as this is a convention not a > requirement, it will work but likely won't change to grey in a text editor. > > I think it'd be great if we could standardize this convention, perhaps as > `<.ignore>..</.ignore>', into the language itself, so that all of the > syntax highlighters/language servers can implement something that works for > everybody. > > Thoughts? > > Cheers!, > Rich > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elixir-lang-core" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to elixir-lang-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/fe426ec4-43b7-4a05-bab6-6075240d0713n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/fe426ec4-43b7-4a05-bab6-6075240d0713n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elixir-lang-core" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to elixir-lang-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAGnRm4KUC8JUaMY%3DGQKsA2ac6A_CezPnmZqn88ptEedbfGZbgg%40mail.gmail.com.
