/eiffel-idea

Eiffel support plugin for IntelliJ-platform based IDEs

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eiffel-idea

IntelliJ IDEA plugin for Eiffel language support

Current status

Still under somewhat-active development (see last commit to see if it's still maintaned)

How to install

  • Download latest plugin release from releases page
  • Download Eiffel GOBO (we currently support only this one)
    • (Windows) Download Microsoft Visual Studio C++
    • (*nix) Download any C compiler that you like (chances are, you need to write apt install g++ or brew install g++ if you don't know what that means)
  • Build GOBO using your C compiler (refer to GOBO website for further instructions)
  • Install plugin using IDEA standard menu (IDEA -> Preferences -> Plugins -> Install from disk -> Select zip file)
  • Create new Eiffel project in IDEA (you won't miss its menu option)
  • Press Plus (Add new SDK) and select Eiffel GOBO SDK
    • (Windows) Customize the full path to Microsoft VS home
  • When creating procedure is done, go Run -> Edit configurations... and add Eiffel GOBO configuration using plus button
  • Enjoy! (Windows building may still be sometimes incorrect as a result of lack of Windows testers)

What is done

  • Kinda-full EBNF syntax (as of 2006 ECMA-367 with some additions) with parser by Grammar-Kit
  • Lexer for keywords and symbols
  • Syntax highlighting for keywords, literals, builtin types
  • Building support through GEC
  • Feature name completion with client visibility support (still under testing, but seems to work fine)
  • Project-wide and library-wide class name completion
Extensions of ECMA-367
  • Integer ranges using |..| binary operation.
  • Across-type boolean iteration in assertion clauses.

Both of the above can be shown on this example

...
ensure
    across 
        1 |..| n
    as
        it
    all
        it.item <= n
    end
end
  • Array literal expressions

Example:

local
    a: ARRAY [INTEGER]
do
    a := << 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 >>
end

What is currently being done or WIP (but may be for the time being)

  • Project Wizard
  • Formatting (kinda done, but still some minor issues)

What is not done (needs to be done)

  • Context-aware highlighting
  • Analysis