/rustic

Rust development environment for Emacs

Primary LanguageEmacs LispApache License 2.0Apache-2.0

Rustic

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Table of Contents

Intro

This package is based on rust-mode and provides additional features:

  • flycheck integration
  • cargo popup
  • multiline error parsing
  • translation of ANSI control sequences through xterm-color
  • async org babel
  • custom compilation process
  • rustfmt errors in a rust compilation mode
  • automatic LSP configuration with eglot or lsp-mode
  • Optional rust inline documentation
  • cask for testing
  • requires emacs 26
  • etc.

rustic only shares the rust-mode code from rust-mode.el and rust-utils.el. The other files provide functionality that is similar to some of the features of rustic, however can be considered light-weight compared to some rustic's functionality.

The shared functions and options exist as aliases in the rust-mode and rustic namespace for backwards compatability reasons(rustic has been a fork).

Known issues

  • rustic-format-buffer occasionally sets point to beginning of buffer, use rustic-format-file instead
  • rust-syntax-propertize and adaptive-wrap-prefix-mode can lead to severe lag when editing larger files (#107)

Installation

Simply put (use-package rustic) in your config and most stuff gets configured automatically. (use-package)

It's necessary to include elpa for a package dependency:

(setq package-archives '(("melpa" . "http://melpa.org/packages/")
                         ("gnu" . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")))

If ‘spinner-1.7.3’ is unavailable” when trying to install rustic, you need to update GPG keys used by the ELPA package manager. Try installing gnu-elpa-keyring-update.

If you have rust-mode installed, ensure it is required before rustic since it has to be removed from auto-mode-alist. However you only need rust-mode if you want to use emacs-racer. There's some stuff that isn't included in rustic.

If you have any issues with rustic, please try running emacs without rust-mode loaded.

If you can't run rust-analyzer or cargo can't be found, your environment variables probably don't work in emacs. Try exec-path-from-shell to fix this.

straight

straight.el clones each of your packages directly from its source. There are good additional installation instructions for moving your package management from package.el to straight.

remote

rustfmt and most of the common cargo commands should work remotely. We are currently updating the code base. If you encounter any command that doesn't work remotely, please open an issue.

Compilation

Rustic defines a derived compilation-mode. Colors can be customized with several defcustoms. You can use next-error and compilation-next-error as for any other compilation buffer.

However it's possible to also jump to line numbers that are displayed at the beginning of a line. This feature is provided by a hook around compile-goto-error(RET).

Commands:

  • rustic-compile compile project using rustic-compile-command
  • rustic-recompile recompile using compilation-arguments
  • rustic-compile-send-input send string to process of current buffer

Customization:

  • rustic-compile-display-method choose function that displays the compilation buffer (use the function ignore, if you don't want the buffer to be displayed)
  • rustic-compile-backtrace change backtrace verbosity
  • rustic-compile-command default command for rust compilation

Supported compile.el variables:

  • compilation-arguments
  • compilation-scroll-output

default directory

rustic-compile-directory-method allows you to set the directory that is used for compilation commands. The default is the current crate which is returned by rustic-buffer-crate(there's also rustic-buffer-workspace).

If you want to use the project root you can use rustic-project-root instead.

FTR #174 #179 #236

Faces

The colors that are displayed in compilation buffers come from cargo and are translated by xterm-color. You can change these colors by modifying rustic-ansi-faces.

rustic-compilation-mode doesn't use the default faces of compile.el. If you want to change these colors you can use something similar to:

(custom-set-faces
  '(rustic-compilation-column ((t (:inherit compilation-column-number))))
  '(rustic-compilation-line ((t (:foreground "LimeGreen")))))

Additional faces:

  • rustic-message
  • rustic-compilation-error
  • rustic-compilation-warning
  • rustic-compilation-info

rustc errors

Rustfmt

You can format your code with:

  • rustic-format-buffer format buffer with stdin
  • rustic-format-file format file and revert buffer
  • rustic-cargo-fmt run cargo-fmt on workspace
  • rustic-format-region format active region

Rustic uses the function rustic-save-some-buffers for saving buffers before compilation. To save buffers automatically, you can change the value of buffer-save-without-query. In case you prefer using lsp for formatting, turn off rustic-format-on-save and set rustic-lsp-formatto t.

Customization:

  • rustic-rustfmt-bin path to rustfmt executable
  • rustic-rustfmt-args additional args like +nightly
  • rustic-rustfmt-config-alist alist of rustfmt configuration options
  • rustic-format-display-method default function used for displaying rustfmt buffer (use the function ignore, if you don't want the buffer to be displayed)
  • rustic-format-on-save-method function to use for on-save formatting
  • rustic-format-trigger
    • 'on-save format buffer before saving
    • 'on-compile run 'cargo fmt' before compilation
    • nil don't format automatically

known issues:

in case you are using hideshow you might want to set rustic-format-on-save-method to rustic-format-buffer(#274)

Change default arguments

If you want to configure the following rustfmt call

rustfmt +nightly --config hard_tabs=true --config skip_children=false main.rs

you can use

(setq rustic-rustfmt-args "+nightly")
(setq rustic-rustfmt-config-alist '((hard_tabs . t) (skip_children . nil)))

edition 2018

If you are struggling with errors relating to the rust edition in cargo.toml, this may in fact be a problem with rustfmt and its default settings. To solve this, even though the error message mentions cargo.toml, you you have to put edition = "2018" in a rustfmt.toml. See here for more info.

remote

Currently only rustic-format-buffer works remotely.

rustic-rustfmt-bin needs to be an absolute path to work remotely.

LSP

Disable LSP support by setting rustic-lsp-client to nil. You have to restart emacs when you switch lsp clients.

Server

rust-analyzer is the default and can be changed to rls. lsp-mode related code was moved to the lsp-mode repo. rustic-lsp-server sets the value of lsp-rust-server.

(setq rustic-lsp-server 'rls)

Change rust-analyzer path.

(setq rustic-analyzer-command '("~/.cargo/bin/rust-analyzer"))

Client

The default package is lsp-mode. But you can also use eglot.

(setq rustic-lsp-client 'eglot)

LSP commands:

xref-find-definitions

xref-find-references with helm and rust-analyzer

eglot

Turn off flymake.

(add-hook 'eglot--managed-mode-hook (lambda () (flymake-mode -1)))

lsp-mode

  • lsp-describe-thing-at-point display documentation
  • lsp-find-definition makes use of xref

You can find more information in the lsp-mode wiki.

lsp-execute-code-action

This command can be extremely convenient when applying code actions or using auto-imports.

Run lsp-execute-code-action when lsp-ui displays code actions at the top of the sideline.

Applying code actions

Auto import

Macro expansion

lsp-rust-analyzer-expand-macro expand macro call at point recursively

The results are formatted and highlighted by default, but you can use your own function by customizing lsp-rust-analyzer-macro-expansion-method.

LSP + TRAMP

rust-analyzer does work over TRAMP, but you have to register the client manually:

(with-eval-after-load "lsp-rust"
 (lsp-register-client
  (make-lsp-client
   :new-connection (lsp-stdio-connection
                    (lambda ()
                      `(,(or (executable-find
                              (cl-first lsp-rust-analyzer-server-command))
                             (lsp-package-path 'rust-analyzer)
                             "rust-analyzer")
                        ,@(cl-rest lsp-rust-analyzer-server-args))))
   :remote? t
   :major-modes '(rust-mode rustic-mode)
   :initialization-options 'lsp-rust-analyzer--make-init-options
   :notification-handlers (ht<-alist lsp-rust-notification-handlers)
   :action-handlers (ht ("rust-analyzer.runSingle" #'lsp-rust--analyzer-run-single))
   :library-folders-fn (lambda (_workspace) lsp-rust-library-directories)
   :after-open-fn (lambda ()
                    (when lsp-rust-analyzer-server-display-inlay-hints
                      (lsp-rust-analyzer-inlay-hints-mode)))
   :ignore-messages nil
   :server-id 'rust-analyzer-remote)))

(based on https://github.com/emacs-lsp/lsp-mode/blob/68fddd5d9c5506b2adf6a3f67bbe568f44563dd4/clients/lsp-rust.el#L644)

If you have Emacs 28, due to some compatibility issues, you might have to additionally use:

(defun start-file-process-shell-command@around (start-file-process-shell-command name buffer &rest args)
  "Start a program in a subprocess.  Return the process object for it. Similar to `start-process-shell-command', but calls `start-file-process'."
  ;; On remote hosts, the local `shell-file-name' might be useless.
  (let ((command (mapconcat 'identity args " ")))
    (funcall start-file-process-shell-command name buffer command)))

(advice-add 'start-file-process-shell-command :around #'start-file-process-shell-command@around)

(thanks to emacs-lsp/lsp-mode#2514 (comment))

You'll have to have rust-analyzer already installed on the target machine.

Cargo

Edit

cargo-edit provides commands to edit your dependencies quickly.

The rustic commands can be called with prefix C-u if you want to modify the parameters of a command.

  • rustic-cargo-add Add crate to Cargo.toml using 'cargo add'
  • rustic-cargo-rm Remove crate from Cargo.toml using 'cargo rm'
  • rustic-cargo-upgrade Upgrade dependencies as specified in the local manifest file using 'cargo upgrade'

Test

rustic-cargo-test run 'cargo test', when called with C-u store arguments in rustic-test-arguments

rustic-cargo-test-rerun rerun 'cargo test' with arguments stored in rustic-test-arguments

rustic-cargo-current-test run test at point, whether it's a function or a module

Run

rustic-cargo-run run 'cargo run'. Input can be sent to the program in one of two ways:

  • rustic-compile-send-input, which reads the input from the minibuffer.
  • rustic-cargo-run-use-comint: when this variable is set to t, the input can be typed directly into the output buffer of 'cargo run' and sent off with RET, just like in comint-mode. You need polymode installed for this to work.

Outdated

Use rustic-cargo-outdated to get a list of dependencies that are out of date. The results are displayed in tabulated-list-mode and you can use most commands you know from the emacs package menu. This option requires the rust package cargo-outdated to be installed before being used.

  • u mark single crate for upgrade
  • U mark all upgradable crates
  • m remove mark
  • x perform marked package menu actions
  • r refresh crate list
  • q quit window

More cargo commands

  • rustic-cargo-init run 'cargo init' to initialize a directory
  • rustic-cargo-new use 'cargo new' to create a new package
  • rustic-cargo-bench run 'cargo bench' for the current project
  • rustic-cargo-build-doc build the documentation for the current project
  • rustic-cargo-doc open the documentation for the current project in a browser

Clippy

Currently cargo does not display the correct installation command for some toolchains when clippy isn't installed. If you have problems try it with rustup component add --toolchain nightly clippy.

Commands

  • rustic-cargo-clippy to view the results in a derived compilation mode
  • rustic-cargo-clippy-fix run 'clippy fix' using rustic-cargo-clippy-fix-args the default value is "--allow-dirty"

Flycheck

In case you want to use clippy with flycheck but without LSP, you can activate this checker and use the command flycheck-list-errors

(push 'rustic-clippy flycheck-checkers)

Turn off flycheck.

(remove-hook 'rustic-mode-hook 'flycheck-mode)

The checker automatically detects the active toolchain and applies the correct parameters You can set a default value for both stable and nightly toolchains. These are the default values.

  • rustic-flycheck-clippy-params-stable "--message-format=json"
  • rustic-flycheck-clippy-params-nightly "--message-format=json -Zunstable-options"

lsp-mode

If you are using lsp-mode with rust-analyzer, you can set lsp-rust-analyzer-cargo-watch-command to clippy instead of activating the checker rustic-clippy.

Org-babel

Intro

Blocks run asynchronously and a running babel process is indicated by a spinner in the mode-line. It's possible to use crates in babel blocks. Execute babel block with org-babel-execute-src-block.

Supported org babel parameters:

Write to file :results file :file ~/babel-output

Customization:

  • rustic-babel-format-src-block format block after successful build
  • rustic-babel-display-compilation-buffer display compilation buffer of babel process
  • rustic-babel-auto-wrap-main wrap body into main function

lsp-mode

You can use lsp in babel blocks with lsp-org.

Commands

  • rustic-babel-format-block format block at point
  • rustic-babel-visit-project find generated project of block at point

Parameters

:crates

This block shows how to use crates with the latest version for both serde and regex.

The "*" will be added automatically for serde.

#+BEGIN_SRC rust :crates '(serde (regex . *))
  extern crate regex;
  extern crate serde;
  use regex::Regex;

  fn main() {
      let re = Regex::new(r"^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$").unwrap();
      assert!(re.is_match("2014-01-01"));
  }
#+END_SRC

:features

If specific crate features are required then these can be specified with the :features argument. Note that if it is just a single feature then a string, instead of a list, will also be accepted:

#+BEGIN_SRC rust :crates '((tokio . 1.0)) :features '((tokio . ("rt-multi-thread" "time")))
  extern crate tokio;

  fn main() {
      tokio::runtime::Runtime::new()
          .unwrap()
          .block_on(async {
              tokio::time::sleep(tokio::time::Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
          });
  }
#+END_SRC

:paths

Similarly, to depend on local Rust crates, you can set the :paths argument:

#+BEGIN_SRC rust :crates '((foo . 1.0)) :paths '((foo . "/home/you/code/foo"))
  use foo::Foo;

  fn main() {
    // Your code.
  }
#+END_SRC

:toolchain

You can also specify the :toolchain. Remember to quote the value!

#+begin_src rust :toolchain 'nightly
fn main() {
    let foo: String = vec!["a", "b", "c"].into_iter().intersperse(",").collect();

    println!("{}", foo);
}
#+end_src

#+RESULTS:
: a,b,c

:main

Auto wrap whole block body in a fn main function call if none exists.

Since this is very handy in most code snippets, so the default value is yes. no if you don't want this feature(for example, you don't want regex search slow things down).

You can also set a default value by:

;; By setq this default to `nil`, you'll have to explict set params to ":main yes" in each block
(setq rustic-babel-auto-wrap-main nil)
#+begin_src rust :main yes
let x = vec![1, 2, 3].iter().map(|&x| x + 1).collect::<Vec<_>>();
println!("{:?}", x);
#+end_src

#+results:
: [2, 3, 4]

:include

This parameter allows you to run code that is located in different babel blocks by using named blocks with the :include keyword. This feature only concats the blocks so you don't need to import the code you want to use.

You can still use :main to wrap the code of the main block.

#+name: b1
#+begin_src rust
pub fn b1_func() -> String {
    String::from("b1 function called")
}
#+end_src

#+name: b2
#+begin_src rust
pub fn b2_func() -> String {
    String::from("b2 function called")
}
#+end_src

#+begin_src rust :include '("b1" "b2")
  fn main() {
      println!("{:?}", b1_func());
      println!("{:?}", b2_func());
  }
#+end_src

#+RESULTS:
: "b1 function called"
: "b2 function called"

:use

When using this keyword blocks are treated as modules. The files are generated automatically.

#+name: mymodule
#+begin_src rust
pub fn myfunc() -> String {
    String::from("mymodule function called")
}
#+end_src

#+begin_src rust :use '("mymodule")
use mymodule::myfunc;

fn main() {
    println!("{:?}", myfunc());
}
#+end_src

#+RESULTS:
: "mymodule function called"

Spinner

In case you want to use a different spinner type you can modify rustic-spinner-type or turn it off completely with rustic-display-spinner.(Available spinner types).

rust docs in org-mode

It is possible to read rust documentation inside Emacs! This currently requires LSP-mode and cargo. Rustic-doc example

Prerequisites

Required:

Optional:

ripgrep and helm-ag are optional but highly recommended.

If only ripgrep is installed, it will be used with the emacs grep command. In case neither is available, the emacs grep command will use grep, like in the good old days.

When a required cargo package is missing you will be asked if you want to install them when running rustic-doc-setup.

Usage

  • Enable rustic-doc-mode.
  • Run rustic-doc-setup to download files that rustic-doc needs to convert rust documentation and also convert std.
  • You can now convert package-specific documentation with rustic-doc-convert-current-package
  • Search the org files with rustic-doc-search (bound to C-# by default) if you are in Rust mode, Rustic mode or Org mode. If you hover over a symbol when you invoke the command, rustic-doc-search will insert a default value.
  • Add universal argument to only search for level 1 headers like struct or enum names.

You can change the defaults by modifying

  • rustic-doc-rg-search-command
  • rustic-doc-search-function

Notes

  • You should re-run rustic-doc-setup once in a while, to update the pandoc filter.
  • If rustic-doc does not find the documentation for something, the first thing to do is check the project's target/doc folder for the corresponding .html-file. If there is no file there, there is nothing for rustic-doc to convert. If there is a file there, please create an issue!

Popup

You can execute commands with rustic-popup. The list of commands can be customized with rustic-popup-commands. The command rustic-popup-default-action (RET or TAB) allows you to change:

  • RUST_BACKTRACE environment variable
  • compilation-arguments for recompile
  • arguments for cargo test

If you want to close the popup after you ran a command you can set rustic-kill-buffer-and-window to t.

View help buffer containing a command's flags with h:

rust-mode

The rustic mode derives from rust-mode using all of its functionality. However we replace default key bindings and some hooks.

There are also some additional commands:

  • rust-dbg-wrap-or-unwrap Either remove or add the dbg! macro
  • rust-toggle-mutability Toggles the mutability of the variable defined on the current line
  • rust-promote-module-into-dir Promote the module file visited by the current buffer into its own directory

elisp tests

To run the tests, you will need Cask.

cask exec ert-runner

alternatively you can use make test

Contributing

PRs, feature requests and bug reports are very welcome. If you want to add a new feature please open an issue in advance so we can discuss the details.