Progress on Scala Eclipse Plugin

Le 11/04/2010 23:23, Ruediger Keller a écrit :
> Hello,

Hello,

> I just wanted to ask whether we can expect progress on features like
> syntax highlighting or code completion. If yes, are there already
> estimates for the time frame?

What version of the plugin do you use ? If it's 2.7, cleary its
developpement has somehow slow down: AFAIK, it's simply no more developped.

For the 2.8 plugin, I do have sytax highlighting since a long time, and
I have (sometime :) code completion. Moreover, it seems that the
performances have greatly improved in the last weeks.

So, what version do you use ?

Hi,

I'm using the 2.8 plugin nightlies. The syntax highlighting is
currently quite limited, I think. But as I wrote in my initial mail
already, I think that 2.8 is already a big step forward.

Regards,
Ruediger

2010/4/11 Francois :
> Le 11/04/2010 23:23, Ruediger Keller a écrit :
>>
>> Hello,
>
> Hello,
>
>> I just wanted to ask whether we can expect progress on features like
>> syntax highlighting or code completion. If yes, are there already
>> estimates for the time frame?
>
> What version of the plugin do you use ? If it's 2.7, cleary its
> developpement has somehow slow down: AFAIK, it's simply no more developped.
>
> For the 2.8 plugin, I do have sytax highlighting since a long time, and I
> have (sometime :) code completion. Moreover, it seems that the performances
> have greatly improved in the last weeks.
>
> So, what version do you use ?
>
> --
> Francois ARMAND
> http://fanf42.blogspot.com
>
>

Le 12/04/2010 00:21, Rüdiger Keller a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> I'm using the 2.8 plugin nightlies. The syntax highlighting is
> currently quite limited, I think. But as I wrote in my initial mail
> already, I think that 2.8 is already a big step forward.

What is quite limited syntax highlighting ? What do you miss ?

On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 11:53 PM, Francois wrote:
> Le 12/04/2010 00:21, Rüdiger Keller a écrit :
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm using the 2.8 plugin nightlies. The syntax highlighting is
>> currently quite limited, I think. But as I wrote in my initial mail
>> already, I think that 2.8 is already a big step forward.
>
> What is quite limited syntax highlighting ? What do you miss ?

My guess is that Rüdiger would like semantic highlighting. It's a
known limitation of the current plugin.

Best,
Ismael

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Ruediger Keller wrote:
> it seems to me that the development of the eclipse plugin has slowed
> down somewhat.
>
> I just wanted to ask whether we can expect progress on features like
> syntax highlighting or code completion. If yes, are there already
> estimates for the time frame?

For me, performance and stability are priority above extra features.

If the SDT's current feature set worked reliably and without
performance issues and freeze ups, it IMO is a significant advance
over eg Text Editor + SBT:

- Integration with existing Eclipse facilities (eg Editor, Search, VCS
integration, Launch, Maven/SBT plugins)
- Incremental, interactive compilation/error reporting
- Type navigation and search over Code and Classpath
- Integrated Debugging
- Integration of Test failures with Editor

That feature set is enough to get "real work" done, if its reliable.
Sure, when I first came to Scala I missed Automatic Imports and
Renames, but now I'd trade those features for more stability in a
second.

-Ben

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 2:45 AM, Ben Hutchison wrote:
> That feature set is enough to get "real work" done, if its reliable.
> Sure, when I first came to Scala I missed Automatic Imports

As an aside, note that you can use Quick Fix (ctrl+1) for import
suggestions with SDT.

Best,
Ismael