code-completion using yacc parser

Submitted by captainhunt on Wednesday, 10 November, 2010 - 07:57

Hi there,

I am trying to add syntax highlighting and code-completion for a quite idiosyncratic command file syntax to jedit.

While I managed pretty well to use jedit's xml edit-mode description for syntax highlighting, I cannot find a good starting point to add code-completion.

I currently see two possibilities:
a) use the xml edit-mode description to get the KEYWORDS somehow into a suggestion list
b) somehow connect the lex/yacc parser with jedit.

b) would be my prefered way as, it would perfectly sync up with any code development of the program and its parser.

Any hints, tips outlines which way to go, any getting started or simple example for code completion would be highly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Gergoe

a) All TOKENS, defined in the

by Robert Schwenn on Fri, 12/11/2010 - 12:41

a) All TOKENS, defined in the mode definition file of the current edit mode, appear (in bold) in the completion list, which You get when You do "Edit -> Complete Word". This is automatic - You have nothing to do in order to get this working.

b) If You want better completion support, You could write a plugin which acts as a parser for the SideKick plugin. For related questions, please ask at the jedit Developers Mailing List ( https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jedit-devel ).
BTW: There's an actual discussion about a new plugin to simplify the completion infrastructure in jEdit ( http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=AANLkTi%3D7DrWgBqvaMnLDynRyQq7rtAwh77DQoigjvvPL%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=jedit-devel ).

Robert

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