Re: What IDE features are in CEDET?

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Eric M. Ludlam wrote:
> 2) Code parsing / Code structure database
...
>    I'd say that the Semantic core is stable, the core languages with
>    parsers are pretty good.  The C++ parser really needs to be ported
>    from the old (semantic version 1) parser to the new bison based
>    parser David Ponce wrote, and the gcc-xml thing I read about
>    recently is another neat option that could be used.

There are some good parsers that need some changes to fit into the 
framework:

- nxml-mode XML parser.
- Steve Yegge's javascript parser.

It think that some parser also should be rewritten to work with parts of 
a buffer so that all the languages for building XHTML (like PHP etc) can 
be supported. A lot of programming is done with such languages today and 
IMO it also has a democratic value since frameworks for exchanging 
information (Drupal, WordPress etc) are built in those languages.


> * Parsers for indenting / coloring
>   I get this question alot.  Can a Semantic parser be used for
>   indentation or coloring?  Answer: yes.  I just haven't done it.  The
>   more interesting question is, can a single parser provide data about
>   the code, indentation, and coloring at the same time without making
>   it too hard to maintain? 

I am not sure what the benefits with a single parser would be. Instead I 
believe that a framework that cooperates with Semantic in some way and 
gives it chunks with different major modes would have benefits. (I hope 
mumamo can provide this.)