NetBeans

[Ellery Newcomer]

ANTLR is a parser generator for java plus a few other languages. It is 
used in the netbeans C/C++ plugin and maybe others. Writing a D grammar 
for ANLTR *might* be less tedious than just converting the DMD frontend 
to java, I'm not really sure, but it definitely is powerful enough to do 
it. Much better than the Schliemann crap, IMO.

Probably the best bet, as it is present from at least 5.5 and on, but I 
shudder to think of the rest of the code that would have to be written.

And I have an ANLTR grammar that I am working on roughly for the topic 
at hand. I'm also interested in a netbeans plugin for D.

JC wrote:
> 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?