siame / elm.tmbundle

TextMate 2 Bundle for the Elm Language

Elm.tmBundle

Textmate 2 Bundle for the Elm language.

Installation

cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/TextMate/Bundles
git clone https://github.com/siame/Elm.tmBundle.git

This bundle requires you to have elm and elm-format available in your $PATH TextMate variable.

You can find this in Preferences ⌘, -> Variables

Features

• Syntax highlighting
• Automatic formatting on save using elm-format
• Compile using elm-make

elm.tmbundle's Issues

Highlighting then pressing CMD+S throws error

If there is a selection in the editor when pressing ⌘S (which triggers elm-format) the above error window appears.

This doesn't look like it affects the output or running of elm-format, it's just incorrect visual feedback and annoying.

Compile not responsive enough

This commit 2e3bb7d adds the ability to compile a project using a Command and a Key Equivalent (⌘⇧C).

Some editors have this functionality on save, which provides the user with instant feedback on whether or not their code compiles. I attempted this using the callback.document.did-save semantic class, however this threw up a few problems.

• There is no visual indication compilation is happening, either on save or when the user manually triggers it.
• Whilst compilation is occurring, the editor is effectively frozen, with any keyboard/mouse input commands queued until after it's completed.
• The resulting output is in a tooltip, which doesn't use a fixed width font and so can be quite ugly to look at.

Ideally we want to be able to compile a file on save, be visually shown the process of compilation (there is a loading bar that elm-make uses here) if the user has to wait, and then be able to display any compilation errors in a legible way.