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[JC]

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 (jcrapuchettes at gmail.com)'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?