Ask HN: What code editors or IDEs are easily scriptable?

#1

Post by ericb » Mon, Aug 12, 2024, 2:02 PM UTC

I want to build a deeper relationship with an editor or IDE that's designed to be extended or scripted.

I'd prefer to use an everyday-language I work in for scripting, which rules out Vimscript, Lua or Lisp. I'd be most happy with any of Ruby, Python, Go or Rust. Ideas?

Re: Ask HN: What code editors or IDEs are easily scriptable?

#2

Post by solardev » Mon, Aug 12, 2024, 2:25 PM UTC

Do VScode and Jetbrains's plug-ins /extensions satisfy your scripting needs? They're in JS and Java, I think.

Re: Ask HN: What code editors or IDEs are easily scriptable?

#3

Post by add-sub-mul-div » Mon, Aug 12, 2024, 2:38 PM UTC

"Scripts in languages such as Python, PHP and awk can now be used to edit documents": https://www.textpad.com/relnotes-textpad#v9050

Re: Ask HN: What code editors or IDEs are easily scriptable?

#4

Post by Woshiwuja » Mon, Aug 12, 2024, 2:40 PM UTC

Sublime uses python if i remember correctly

Re: Ask HN: What code editors or IDEs are easily scriptable?

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Post by jvanderbot » Mon, Aug 12, 2024, 2:41 PM UTC

nvim has excellent lua scripting support.

Re: Ask HN: What code editors or IDEs are easily scriptable?

#6

Post by enricozb » Mon, Aug 12, 2024, 2:42 PM UTC

Kakoune _barely_ has a scripting language. It has essentially a set of commands and some basic string substitution, one of which will let you drop to a shell (something akin to substitute this string with the result of evaluating its contents through bash). With this you can write your scripts in whatever language you like. My plugins are almost all in Rust, some are in bash.

Re: Ask HN: What code editors or IDEs are easily scriptable?

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Re: Ask HN: What code editors or IDEs are easily scriptable?

#8

Post by acedTrex » Mon, Aug 12, 2024, 2:57 PM UTC

I mean as far as i know the only answer that fits your "no lua/lisp" requirement is intellij IDEs, they use java/kotlin.

Re: Ask HN: What code editors or IDEs are easily scriptable?

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Post by AJRF » Mon, Aug 12, 2024, 2:58 PM UTC

jvanderbot wrote: post #5

nvim has excellent lua scripting support.

OP said;

"I'd prefer to use an everyday-language I work in for scripting, which rules out Vimscript, Lua or Lisp."

Re: Ask HN: What code editors or IDEs are easily scriptable?

#10

Post by compacct27 » Mon, Aug 12, 2024, 2:58 PM UTC

solardev wrote: post #2

Do VScode and Jetbrains's plug-ins /extensions satisfy your scripting needs? They're in JS and Java, I think.

In my experience, VS Code’s extension system really shines here. There are also boilerplate repos out there to get started.