Spoofax Language Workbench plugin for IntelliJ IDEA

Develop and use languages with the Spoofax Language Workbench in IntelliJ IDEA.

Quick Start

To install the plugin, either:

clone this repository, then execute ./gradlew runIde (or gradlew.bat runIde on Windows) from the repository's root to start an instance of IntelliJ IDEA with the Spoofax plugin loaded; or

ensure you have Git and a JDK installed, then execute this from the command line; or

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/metaborg/spoofax-intellij/master/repository/install.sh -sSLf | bash

To create a new Spoofax language specification, go to the File → New → Project menu, and select Spoofax Language. Finish the wizard.

Or to create a Java project in which you can use Spoofax languages, go to the File → New → Project menu, and select Java. Check the Metaborg library and finish the wizard.

Want to learn more? Read the manual.

Features

The Spoofax for IntelliJ IDEA plugin has the following features:

Create new Spoofax Language Specification project.
Import existing Spoofax Language Specification project (e.g. Eclipse/Maven/Gradle projects).
Syntax highlighting.
Reference resolution for most languages.
Load/unload languages on-the-fly.
Use your own language in the same editor.

Limitations

The Spoofax for IntelliJ IDEA plugin has the following limitations:

Languages are loaded application-wide.

License

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "as is" basis, without warranties or conditions of any kind, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.