I also wanted to use JSitter from JetBrains, didn’t start yet, but I wanted to use it to parse the supported languages/files to get the AST to work with it for some nice Handy Features. Will have a look somewhen I have time.
Von: Ernie Rael Gesendet: Samstag, 20. November 2021 17:25 An: dev@netbeans.apache.org Betreff: Re: TextMate vs TreeSitter Seems to be a java binding at https://github.com/serenadeai/java-tree-sitter . There's a discussion of TreeSitter from Java at https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter/issues/207. (The TreeSitter developer isn't interested in supporting a Java Binding, he suggests using JNI) Looks like there's a binding for JetBrains at https://github.com/JetBrains/jsitter . There's some discussion on the different features appropriate for LSP or TreeSitter at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18349488 . A question I can't answer is about usability and technical quality of TextMate vs TreeSitter, and whether or not there's movement towards one and away from the other. And of course there's: does it even matter for NB additional language support. -ernie On 11/20/2021 6:21 AM, Michael Bien wrote: > haven't heard of tree splitter before but it doesn't look like it has > a java API. > https://tree-sitter.github.io/tree-sitter/#language-bindings > > which would mean its unlikely that it is used by a plugin. > > -mbien > > On 20.11.21 02:08, Ernie Rael wrote: >> I've been wondering about TreeSitter and NB lately (in general, but >> specifically about python support going forward). I just read this in >> vim dev mailing list, it's at >> https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/9087#issuecomment-974337876 and I'm >> copying it here. >> >> Is there, or has there been, any work on using TreeSitter from a plugin? >> >> -ernie >> >> Written by: fcurts >> >> As someone who has spent months writing and maintaining TextMate and >> tree-sitter grammars for real-world languages, let me tell you that >> the TextMate grammar system is totally broken, at least from a 2021 >> perspective. TextMate grammars are a nightmare to maintain and >> /impossible/ to get right. Out of desperation, I even developed my >> own macro system (just like the authors of TypeScript's TextMate >> grammar), and it was still a nightmare. >> >> tree-sitter is in a completely different league. It's a top-notch >> incremental parser that can be used for accurate (!) syntax >> highlighting, code folding, code formatting, etc. tree-sitter >> grammars are dramatically easier to write and maintain, and it's >> actually possible to get them right. GitHub has been using >> tree-sitter for a while, and VSCode is also starting to use it (see >> https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-anycode). >> >> Betting on TextMate grammars in 2021 would be an engineering crime. >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
