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Re: EditorConfig

#11

Post by rstacruz »

canadev wrote: post #6

The idea seems very cool, but I wonder if there is anything like this that could have more language specific stuff like "in JS (or Ruby, or ...) format your hashes/object literals/arrays/constants/... like so." I like this, but the list of supported properties seems pretty short. I can see there might be some difficulties making it language-aware since the file formats are simple globs, but maybe you could say someth…

Typically those are done using configuration files of code-checking tools, such as .jshintrc[1] or .pylintrc.

[1]: https://gist.github.com/connor/1597131

Re: EditorConfig

#12

Post by th »

kolev wrote: post #3

I've been using this for at least a couple of years and was expecting it to develop further (offer more common settings for editors) and to gain native support as, for example, the Sublime Text plugin loads the file using default tab size, then EditorConfig plugin kicks in and changes tab size to 4, let's say, which causes a full redraw and that always annoys me.

Native support is the ultimate goal. WebStorm 9 will have EditorConfig support built-in (as noted here: https://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/nextversion/).

Re: EditorConfig

#13

Post by gherkin »

Might it make more sense to rather compile the editorconfig file into the respective editor's config file? That way you need not depend on a plugin being written for the editor. This would mean that you could support more editors and enhance editor configurations without having to wait for the plugin to update to support your own new features. This would be at the cost of the ease of simply editing a single file, though it could be set up that, when compiled, the system will back the old config file up and insert the new one in its place.

Re: EditorConfig

#15

Post by kolev »

th wrote: post #12
kolev wrote: post #3

I've been using this for at least a couple of years and was expecting it to develop further (offer more common settings for editors) and to gain native support as, for example, the Sublime Text plugin loads the file using default tab size, then EditorConfig plugin kicks in and changes tab size to 4, let's say, which causes a full redraw and that always annoys me.

Native support is the ultimate goal. WebStorm 9 will have EditorConfig support built-in (as noted here: https://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/nextversion/ ).

Great! Let's keep spreading awareness so that this becomes a high-demand item for each editors! I personally commit to make a PR to each major project I use as I found out about EditorConfig just by being curious about the config file in a project, so, this will definitely boost adoption.

Re: EditorConfig

#16

Post by th »

gegtik wrote: post #5

Why would you launch without Eclipse?

We "launched" a couple years ago with support for only a handful of editors. Most of the plugins have been community-made.

No one has submitted an Eclipse plugin yet, but we would love to help make one happen.

Re: EditorConfig

#17

Post by [deleted] »

athaeryn wrote: post #9
canadev wrote: post #6

The idea seems very cool, but I wonder if there is anything like this that could have more language specific stuff like "in JS (or Ruby, or ...) format your hashes/object literals/arrays/constants/... like so." I like this, but the list of supported properties seems pretty short. I can see there might be some difficulties making it language-aware since the file formats are simple globs, but maybe you could say someth…

What are you looking to do with "language styles" that you can't do based on file extension?

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Re: EditorConfig

#18

Post by Mpdreamz »

canadev wrote: post #6

The idea seems very cool, but I wonder if there is anything like this that could have more language specific stuff like "in JS (or Ruby, or ...) format your hashes/object literals/arrays/constants/... like so." I like this, but the list of supported properties seems pretty short. I can see there might be some difficulties making it language-aware since the file formats are simple globs, but maybe you could say someth…

.editorconfig supports domain specific properties: https://github.com/editorconfig/editorconfig/wiki/EditorConf.... Its encouraged that other extensions/tooling take a dependency on .editorconfig to introduce their own configuration.

Re: EditorConfig

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Post by th »

gherkin wrote: post #13

Might it make more sense to rather compile the editorconfig file into the respective editor's config file? That way you need not depend on a plugin being written for the editor. This would mean that you could support more editors and enhance editor configurations without having to wait for the plugin to update to support your own new features. This would be at the cost of the ease of simply editing a single file, tho…

EditorConfig support built-in to your text editor is the pipe dream. JetBrains 9 will have EditorConfig support, but no other editors yet support it natively so all of the plugins are necessary currently.

Unfortunately many editors do not support project-level configuration files by default. A conversion tool could be a good way to make global configurations even more accessible for editors that do support project configuration files and don't have native EditorConfig support yet.

Until native support becomes more common, EditorConfig acts as an unopinionated universal editor-level linter of sorts.

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