This is great, thanks Andi! Are there any plans to introduce a `mach lint` integration as well? Or is that what is already being used for "inline parsing errors with limited auto-fix hints"?
On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 12:20 PM Andi-Bogdan Postelnicu <a...@mozilla.com> wrote: > TLDR: VSCode users can type `./mach ide vscode` in order to get code > completion, reference navigation, refactoring, reformatting, etc. > > Hello all, > > VSCode <https://github.com/microsoft/vscode> is a multi-platform > open-source programming editor developed by Microsoft and volunteers. It is > partly built using source-code components but also uses proprietary > Microsoft code. It has support for many programming languages using > extensions. > In the past we had a minimal > <https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/.vscode> configuration setup > in the tree that reflected the basic extensions > <https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/.vscode/extensions.json> > that > should be used and also some tasks > <https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/.vscode/tasks.json> that can > be triggered from the editor. > > Now, we significantly improved that! > > Starting with Bug 1656740 > <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1656740>, we’ve added > comprehensive support for C/C++with the help of the `clangd` extension for > Firefox development. Leveraging the `clang` toolchain compiler we now have > support in the IDE for: > > 1. > > Syntax highlighting; > 2. > > IntelliSense with comprehensive code completion and suggestion; > > > > 1. > > Go-to definition and Go-to declaration; > 2. > > Find all references > 3. > > Open type hierarchy; > 4. > > Rename symbol, all usages of the symbol will be renamed, including > declaration, definition and references; > 5. > > Code formatting, based on `clang-format` that respects our coding > standard using the `.clang-format` and `.clang-format-ignore` files. > Format > can be performed on an entire file or on a code selection; > 6. > > Inline parsing errors with limited auto-fix hints; > > > 1. > > Basic static-code analysis using `clang-tidy` and our list of enabled > checkers. (This is still in progress not all checkers are supported by > `clangd`); > > > This new eco-system for code development is supported on all platforms that > we officially support. > > In order to have this setup, download and install `VSCode` and run the > following command: > > ./mach ide vscode > > Please file any issues that you might encounter using this setup please as > blocking bugs to Bug 1662709 > <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1662709>. > > I would also like to address many thanks to Jonathan Watt and Botond Ballo, > without their active support this would not have been made possible. > > Many thanks, > > Andi, on behalf of the team > _______________________________________________ > dev-platform mailing list > dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform > _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
