Ask HN: Is there a library for creating cross-editor plugins?

Posted by snrji on Saturday September 21, 2019 @10:11AM
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Hi there, assume that you have an idea for a plugin for text editors (or IDEs), but you don't want to mess up with the specifics of Sublime's API or Atom's API. Is there any higher level API that would help me abstract away from Vim's, Emacs' or IntelliJ's APIs?

I'm not looking for specially fancy features, so it should be possible. However, I don't know if I'm looking the right keywords.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a library for creating cross-editor plug... by siliconshinobi on Sunday September 22, 2019 @02:41PM (#21043074)

If the plugin you want to make is around language support in an editor (i.e. autocomplete, goto definition, or documentation), the Language Server Protocol might work.

https://microsoft.github.io/language-server-protocol/

https://microsoft.github.io/language-server-protocol/impleme...

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a library for creating cross-editor plug... by snrji on Thursday September 26, 2019 @02:10PM (#21083671)

Hey! I didn't see your answer. That's very useful, thanks!

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