{"id":2236,"date":"2019-08-21T11:51:30","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T15:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/codinggorilla.com\/?p=2236"},"modified":"2019-08-23T08:53:20","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T12:53:20","slug":"towards-a-universal-visual-studio-extension-supporting-any-programming-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/165.227.223.229\/index.php\/2019\/08\/21\/towards-a-universal-visual-studio-extension-supporting-any-programming-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Towards a Visual Studio IDE extension supporting any programming language"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As I pointed out before, it now seems possible to write a VS extension that supports any programming language. I’ve been updating AntlrVSIX<\/a> to input a description of the syntax of a programming language and tag a file of that language in the editor. I have this now working for Antlr and Java, and plan to try a dozen or so languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At issue is identifying what are the commonalities of a programming language, such as defining and applied occurrences, and how the editor should use that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, some extensions tag the programming language that my extension is also trying to tag, which results in multiple competing and conflicting classifiers and formatters. I solved this problem by changing the IContentType associated with a buffer to one that I define for the extension. But, ideally, I’d prefer to just “turn off” any formatters that are competing with my formatter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It may not look like much, but here is how Java is formatted by Visual Studio by default, and how my extension formats it (first attempt to get something working).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Current VS 2019 “code++.java” formatting. Variable “token” labeled erroneously in comments.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Formatting from the Antlr extension. Squiggles indicate no defining occurrence in the file, but should be found via imported libraries.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I pointed out before, it now seems possible to write a VS extension that supports any programming language. I’ve been updating AntlrVSIX to input a description of the syntax of a programming language and tag a file of that language in the editor. I have this now working for Antlr and Java, and plan … <\/p>\n

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