Re: Implement additional Hints for existing Language

I'm sorry to repeat myself but my problem is not, that I'm unable to 
implement and register a hint but that it does seem to be impossible, to 
add hints to an existing Language.
If I would like to implement a new language with a new mimetype etc, I 
would not have to ask those questions.

All I need is an advice, how multiple Languages can be registered on the 
same mimetype OR if there is another way to add hints.


Am 2016-10-09 12:24, schrieb geertjan wielenga:
> Now that you have a HintsProvider, you need to implement Rules (pic-1)
> and register them in the layer (pic-2).
> 
> Gj
> 
> On 9-10-2016 12:18, Alex Muthmann wrote:
>> Please have a look at the github links I provided, you'll see, that I 
>> already have both Language and HintsProvider implemented.
>> 
>> Also both classes you mention do NOT cover my use case as they are 
>> mere Hints used in JsHintsProvider, which is used in JsLanguage 
>> (registered on text/javascript). So this does not add a new HTML hint 
>> in a module but implements a completely new Language :(
>> 
>> Am 2016-10-09 12:10, schrieb geertjan wielenga:
>>> 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