Tremor Language Server (Trill)

WIP server for use with editors and IDEs, when working with tremor's languages. Follows language server protocol.

Features

Diagnostics

tremor-script interpreter errors (as you type or on file save), with hints for fixing (as applicable)

nice-to-have: apply fix suggestions from errors

Completion

code completion (as you type/on-demand) for module functions -- function names with signature/doc info as well as placeholders for arguments.

nice-to-have: code completion for variables as well as other language constructs

Hover

diagnostics and function documentation on mouse hover (or editor command)

nice-to-have: documentation for variables (eg: assignment info)

Navigation

nice-to-have: find all references, symbol search

for later: Go to definiton, peek definition, symbol list (when tremor script has functions)

Refactoring

nice-to-have: rename all references

Quickstart

For installation:

RUSTFLAGS='-C target-cpu=native' cargo install tremor-language-server

Make sure .cargo/bin is in your $PATH (or install it somewhere in your $PATH via cargo).

If you are developing on the language server:

git clone git@github.com:tremor-rs/tremor-language-server.git
cd tremor-language-server

# build and link somewhere in your path (for easy access/use in testing via editors)
cargo build
ln -s target/debug/tremor-language-server ~/bin/ # or anywhere in your $PATH

# to install the release build
cargo install --path . --root ~/ # make sure ~/bin/ is in your $PATH

VS Code setup

Follow instructions at:

https://github.com/tremor-rs/tremor-vscode

Vim setup

Prerequisite: install https://github.com/tremor-rs/tremor-vim so that vim is aware of tremor filetypes (you also get syntax highlighting as a bonus).

ale

For use with vim, we have a forked version of ale that can interact with the tremor language server:

https://github.com/anupdhml/ale/tree/tremor

Follow the plugin installation instructions. If you are using vim-plug, this will do:

Plug 'anupdhml/ale', { 'branch': 'tremor' }

Vim and ale settings that work nice with the tremor language server:

" completion menu
set completeopt=menuone,longest,popup " always show the menu, insert longest match, use popup window for extra info
"set completepopup=border:off          " remove the border from the completion popup window

" turn on omnicomplete based on ale
set omnifunc=ale#completion#OmniFunc

" enable ale completion (as you type), where available
"let g:ale_completion_enabled = 1

" turn on vim mouse support in all modes (for hover info)
set mouse=a

" show hover information on mouse over (vim mouse support should be turned on)
" xterm2 makes hover work with tmux as well
let g:ale_set_balloons = 1
set ttymouse=xterm2

" only run linters named in ale_linters settings
let g:ale_linters_explicit = 1

" active linters
let g:ale_linters = {
\   'tremor': ['tremor-language-server'],
\   'trickle': ['tremor-language-server'],
\}

" when to run linting/fixing. choose as desired
"
" aggressive
let g:ale_fix_on_save = 1
let g:ale_lint_on_text_changed = 'always'
let g:ale_lint_on_enter = 1
let g:ale_lint_on_insert_leave = 1
"
" conservative
"let g:ale_lint_on_text_changed = 'never'
"let g:ale_lint_on_enter = 0
"let g:ale_lint_on_insert_leave = 0

" key mappings
nmap <silent> <leader>j <Plug>(ale_next_wrap)
nmap <silent> <leader>k <Plug>(ale_previous_wrap)
nmap <silent> <leader>/ <Plug>(ale_hover)
nmap <silent> <leader>? <Plug>(ale_detail)
nmap <silent> <leader>] <Plug>(ale_go_to_definition)
nmap <silent> <leader># <Plug>(ale_find_references)

You might want to show ALE counters in your vim status line. If you are using vim lightline:

" for showing linter errrors/warnings. depends on lightline-ale
let g:lightline.component_expand = {
    \  'linter_checking': 'lightline#ale#checking',
    \  'linter_warnings': 'lightline#ale#warnings',
    \  'linter_errors': 'lightline#ale#errors',
    \  'linter_ok': 'lightline#ale#ok',
    \ }
let g:lightline.component_type = {
    \  'linter_checking': 'left',
    \  'linter_warnings': 'warning',
    \  'linter_errors': 'error',
    \  'linter_ok': 'left',
    \ }
let g:lightline#ale#indicator_checking = ''
let g:lightline#ale#indicator_warnings = '▲'
let g:lightline#ale#indicator_errors = '✗'
let g:lightline#ale#indicator_ok = '✓'

" configure lightline components
let g:lightline.active = {
    \   'left':  [ ['mode', 'paste'],
    \              ['fugitive', 'readonly', 'filename', 'modified'] ],
    \   'right': [ [ 'lineinfo' ],
    \              [ 'percent' ],
    \              [ 'fileformat', 'fileencoding', 'filetype' ],
    \              ['linter_checking', 'linter_errors', 'linter_warnings', 'linter_ok' ] ]
    \ }

" ale indicators (aligned with indicators used in lightline-ale)
" 2 chars to cover the full sign width
let g:ale_sign_warning = '▲▲'
let g:ale_sign_error = '✗✗'

For more ale setup and vim configuration:

https://github.com/anupdhml/dotfiles/blob/virtualbox_new/data/.vimrc

coc-nvim

Install coc.nvim as described in their README.

Start vim and enter :CocConfig and enter the following as additional entry:

{
  "tremor": {
    "command": "tremor-language-server",
    "fileTypes": ["tremor", "trickle"]
  }
}

Other VIM language server clients

If you prefer not to use ale or coc-nvim, these vim plugins should also work well as the server client:

• https://github.com/prabirshrestha/vim-lsp
• https://github.com/autozimu/LanguageClient-neovim

Notes

• If you are using vim from terminal and not seeing error diagnostics or function docs on hover, check if the vim version you are using has been compiled with balloon support -- output of vim --version should show items +balloon_eval and +balloon_eval_term. If not, you will need to find a vim package for your environment with the support baked in (or compile vim yourself). Eg: for mac, this may mean installing macvim via homebrew.
• By default, vim's omni-completion items (eg: tremor function names after typing module_name::) are triggered via Ctrl-x Ctrl-o, while normal keyword completion is via Ctrl-p/Ctrl-n. If you prefer a more accessible keybinding for these (eg: Tab), have a look at extensions like VimCompletesMe, or Supertab.

TODO

• integration for emacs
• support parallel edits for trickle and tremor files
• improve debugging
• add tests
• ability to handle multiple script errors
• use simd-json in tower and json rpc crates?
• distribution without compiling