Re: Implement additional Hints for existing Language

So, to be clear, if I show an example of how to create a new plugin that 
adds a new HTML hint in NetBeans IDE, that's what you're looking for?

Gj

On 9-10-2016 11:39, Alex Muthmann wrote:
> Yes, this is what I (of course) did first, I also had a deeper look 
> into the Netbeans sources but there was no implementation covering my 
> requirement (extend an existing language). It looks easy to implement 
> a new one, but if you need to use an already registered mimeType it 
> gets fuzzy :(
>
> Am 2016-10-09 01:13, schrieb geertjan wielenga:
>> I'll try to take a look but if I were you I'd go to Google and search
>> for 'getHintsProvider' to see how others have implemented that -- I
>> can see many implementations when I do that.
>>
>> Gj
>>
>> On 8-10-2016 20:57, Alex Muthmann wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> thanks for your reply.
>>>
>>> You can find the code here:
>>> https://github.com/wcm-io/wcm-io-tooling/tree/netbeans-sightly-hints
>>>
>>> SightlyLanguage.java: 
>>> https://github.com/wcm-io/wcm-io-tooling/blob/netbeans-sightly-hints/netbeans/sightly/src/main/java/io/wcm/tooling/netbeans/sightly/editor/SightlyLanguage.java
>>> SightylHintsProvider: 
>>> https://github.com/wcm-io/wcm-io-tooling/blob/netbeans-sightly-hints/netbeans/sightly/src/main/java/io/wcm/tooling/netbeans/sightly/editor/hints/SightlyHintsProvider.java
>>>
>>> I added some exceptions, so I would expect to see those as soon, as 
>>> the language is called successfully.
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 2016-10-08 12:21, schrieb geertjan wielenga:
>>>> On 7-10-2016 0:26, Alex Muthmann wrote:
>>>>> Hi there,
>>>>>
>>>>> there has already be a discussion with Geertjan and Petr regarding 
>>>>> the options to implement additional Hints for an existing 
>>>>> language. I need to add additional Hints for HTML files and the 
>>>>> consensus was, that I should use the CSL API to implement a 
>>>>> Language and add a HintProvider.
>>>>>
>>>>> I did some basic tests
>>>>
>>>> Put your code on GitHub and send a link to it here so we can all see
>>>> the code rather than text.
>>>>
>>>> Gj
>>>>
>>>>> but ran into the following situation:
>>>>> As soon as I register a new Language XYZ which uses the mimeType 
>>>>> text/html, the build-in HTML Language does not work anymore (no 
>>>>> hints, no code-completion etc). I'd expect that all languages 
>>>>> registered on a mimeType are used and not only one of those.
>>>>>
>>>>> I was not able to find this use-case in the netbeans source-code 
>>>>> and I'm currently lost :(
>>>>> Could somebody probably provide an example of a working extension 
>>>>> of an existing language or an alternative to the implementation of 
>>>>> a complete new language?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you very much,
>>>>> Alex Muthmann