Re: Implement additional Hints for existing Language

Look at org.netbeans.modules.javascript2.editor.hints.JsAstRule or 
JsConventionHint. Also you have to implement HintsProvider.

Gj

On 9-10-2016 11:50, Alex Muthmann wrote:
> yes, exactly, that would be awesome!
>
> Am 2016-10-09 11:42, schrieb geertjan wielenga:
>> 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