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Re: Cirru – An editor for AST

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Post by jiyinyiyong » Fri, Mar 03, 2017, 5:41 AM UTC

microcolonel wrote: post #50

jiyinyiyong wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've used it to write web pages for nearly a year, so I believe we can. The problem is, like people may hate using indentations, they just hate. There's also a text version of Cirru http://text.cirru.org , but withouth benefits of structural editing.

I'll give it a try instead of just criticizing it. :- ) I've used Paredit, which is similar in concept; I think it's really cool if it can be generalized well to languages which aren't LISP.

Maybe Prettier? It's for JavaScript:

https://github.com/jlongster/prettier https://twitter.com/search?q=atom%20prettier&src=typd

Re: Cirru – An editor for AST

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Post by gumby » Fri, Mar 03, 2017, 6:28 AM UTC

vinceguidry wrote: post #4

What I want is for the editor to be aware of the semantics of the language and offer me language-unique tools to edit code, also to generate and work on macros, in the language it's editing , or at least one that is close enough to it I don't have to switch gears in order to get a tough task done. Otherwise it really doesn't improve on a text editor. All of these things would require a ton of work, so I stick with Su…

This is how editing was done in the InterLisp-D environment on Xerox Dolphins, Dorados and Dandelions (the last being sold commercially as the Xerox Star).

Not surprisingly the first thing I did when I arrived at PARC in 1984 was write an Emacs for Interlisp.

Re: Cirru – An editor for AST

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Post by iamcreasy » Sun, Mar 05, 2017, 3:23 AM UTC

Can someone explain what is the use of an AST editor?