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Orion/How Tos/Code Edit

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Revision as of 07:52, 3 July 2015 by Libingw.ca.ibm.com (Talk | contribs) (contentType parameter)

Code Edit Widget With Language Tooling

  • In order for users to consume the Orion editor with the complete language tooling, a new widget called "Code Edit" has been introduced.
  • The widget consists of the widget core and all language tooling plugins.
  • The widget is delivered as a zip file containing all the structural folders and files, making the core and the plugins all work together.
  • Users consume the widget core directly. The language tooling plugins are only loaded when needed.
  • The widget core is available both unminified, for debugging purpose and minified, for better loading time.
  • The plugins are only available in minified version.

Getting the build

  • Users can grab the most recent "Code Edit" widget from the nightly builds or they can use the latest release available on the Orion download page.
  • From the Orion build page, users can click on a nightly build or a release and they will be presented with a page that now includes the code edit widget: the built-codeEdit.zip file contains all the files for you to embed the widget.

Using the build and the quick start demo

You can simply download the zip file and unzip it into a folder on your web server. Below is a complete run-able html file that you can host in your web server as a demo on how to consume the widget. Assume that you have created a folder named editorBuild under where your html file lives. Follow the 3 steps below and you can run the demo in just a few minutes. The same demo is also running here, where you can see it right away.

  • Download the code edit build and unzip it under the editorBuild folder.
  • Create a demo.html and paste the example contents into the demo.html.
  • Run the demo.html.
<!doctype html>
<html>
    <head>
		<meta name="copyright" content="Copyright (c) IBM Corporation and others 2010, 2014." >
		<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us">
		<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
		<title>Pluggable Editor Demo</title>
		<style type="text/css">
			.demoTitle{
				border: none;
				vertical-align: middle;
				overflow: hidden;
				text-align: left;
				margin-left: 15%;
				margin-right: 15%;
				padding-bottom: 5px;
				position: relative;
			}
			.demoBody{
				border: 1px solid;
				vertical-align: middle;
				border-color: blue;
				overflow: hidden;
				text-align: left;
				margin-left: 15%;
				margin-right: 15%;
				margin-bottom: 15px;
				padding-bottom: 5px;
				position: relative;
				height: 450px;
			}
		</style>
	    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="editorBuild/code_edit/built-codeEdit.css"/>
		<script src="editorBuild/code_edit/built-codeEdit.js"></script>
		<script>
			/*globals orion */
			window.onload=function(){
				var codeEdit = new orion.codeEdit();
				var contents = 'var foo = "bar";\n' +
									 "var bar = foo;\n" + 
									 "/*\n" + 
									 " * test demo\n" + 
									 "*/\n" + 
									 "function test(){\n" + 
									 "	var foo1 = bar.lastIndexOf(char, from);\n" + 
									 "}\n" + 
									"//Keep editting in this demo and try the content assit, probem validations and hover service!\n" +
									 "var foo2 = foo."; 
				codeEdit.create({parent: "embeddedEditor", contentType: "application/javascript", contents: contents}).then(function(editorViewer) {
					document.getElementById("progressMessageDiv").textContent = "Plugins loaded!";
					//You can call APIs from editorViewer.editor  for further actions.
				});
			};
		</script>
    </head>
	<body id="orion-browser" spellcheck="false" class="orionPage">
		<div class="demoTitle">
			<div>This is a demo for the <b>Orion Code Edit</b> widget. This demo consumes the <b>build version</b> of the widget.</div> 
			<div> Keep editing in this demo and try:</div>
			<div> 1.content assist. E.g., put cursor after "foo." at the last line and press CTRL+space.</div>
			<div> 2.probem validations. E.g., modify something and you will see new validation markers coming up, if any</div>
			<div> 3.hover service. Hover on any error markers or inside the eidtor.</div>
			<div> 4.syntax highlighting</div>
			<div> 5.Quick fix. Hover on a problem inside the eidtor, not on the ruler, e.g., (char, from) in this demo. Click on the quick fix and see.</div>
			<div> 6.Find declaration. Select a variable and press f3.</div>
			<div> 7.new tooling features coming while Orion is being improved...</div>
		</div>
		<div class="demoTitle">
			<span id = "progressMessageDiv" style="color: green">Loading language tooling plugins...</span>
		</div>
		</div>
		<div class="demoBody" id="embeddedEditor">
		</div>
	</body>
</html>

Your demo page should look like this, if you use CTRL+space as content assist after the page is loaded.

CodeEditDemo.png

Consuming the widget in different ways

Closer look at the build

If you unzip the build, the file structure looks like below:

WidgetCore.png

There are several file folders in the build but you should only deal with the files under the code_edit folder. The built-codeEdit.css file provides all the default css classes used in the widget. The built-codeEdit.min.js file provides the widget core code in a compact size while the built-codeEdit.js file provides the readable code for debugging purpose. Both of the .js files can be consumed by either loading the widget directly or using the RequireJS module loader.

Loading the widget directly

Assuming that you've unzipped the build into a folder called editorBuild, the following code in an html file shows you how to load the widget.

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="editorBuild/code_edit/built-codeEdit.css"/>
<script src="editorBuild/code_edit/built-codeEdit.min.js"></script>
<script>
    window.onload=function(){
        var codeEdit = new orion.codeEdit();
        //Use codeEdit from here
    };
</script>

Note that orion.codeEdit is the only global function that the built-codeEdit.min.js exports after it is loaded. You need to call the create API to create an editor with your text contents. Details is addressed in a later section.

using the RequireJS module loader

Assuming that you've unzipped the build into a folder called editorBuild and you want to use the RequireJS module loader, the following code in an html file shows you how to load the widget.

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="editorBuild/code_edit/built-codeEdit.css"/>
<script>
    require(["editorBuild/code_edit/built-codeEdit.min.js"], function(widget) {
        var codeEdit = new widget();
        //Use codeEdit from here
    };
</script>

Note that the way how the widget is loaded is slightly different but either way you end up with a widget instance called codeEdit. Lets talk about how to use the codeEdit instance in the next section.

using the codeEdit.create function

As described in the previous section, now you are holding an instance of the code edit widget called codeEdit. Every time you call codeEdit.create function, it creates an Orion editor instance and shows your editor text right away. There are two ways to call the codeEdit.create function.

A simple way to call codeEdit.create

If you want to create your editor and leave it there by using all the default settings, refer to the following code.

codeEdit.create({parent: "myEditorDivId", contentType: "application/javascript", contents: "var foo;"});

An advanced way to call codeEdit.create

If you want to create your editor and reuse the editor instance for customization and even for different contents by the same editor instance, refer to the following code.

codeEdit.create({parent: "myEditorDivId"}).then(function(editorViewer) {
    editorViewer.setContents("var foo;", "application/javascript");
    //editorViewer.editor.textView.setText("var bar;");
});

Parameters used in the codeEdit.create call

The codeEdit.create function call returns a javascript promise object that you can reuse. Note that either you use the simple or advanced way to create your editor, there are 3 parameters required. When you use the simple way, you just pass an object with {parent, contentType, contents} and you do not care the promise. When you use the advanced way, you only pass {parent} but when you handle the promise object, which is the editorViewer object, you will pass the contents and content type to the editorViewer.setContents. Note that is you hold editorViewer.setContents instance somewhere in your code, you can just reuse the same instance for different contents. This is useful when you want to keep an editor open but keep changing the contents for the time being.

parent parameter

This can be either a DIV id or DIV node that holds your editor.

contents parameter

This is a string parameter that you use to initialize your editor contents. The contents can be modified after the editor is up.

contentType parameter

The code edit widget uses MIME types for syntax highlighting and language tooling. The parameter is a string that present a MIME type, such as "application/javascript". By default, the widget supports the syntax highlighting for the following MIME types.

  • "application/javascript"
  • "application/x-ejs"
  • "text/css"
  • "text/html"
  • "text/x-java-source"
  • "application/x-jsp"
  • "application/json"
  • "text/x-launch"
  • "text/x-jade"
  • "text/x-python"
  • "text/x-ruby"
  • "text/x-go"
  • "text/x-objective-c"
  • "text/x-php"
  • "text/x-swift"
  • "application/xml"
  • "application/xhtml+xml"
  • "text/x-yaml"
  • "text/x-arduino"
  • "text/x-csrc"
  • "text/x-c"
  • "text/x-csharp"
  • "text/x-cshtml"
  • "text/x-c++src"
  • "text/x-dockerfile"
  • "text/x-erlang"
  • "text/x-haml"
  • "text/x-lua"
  • "application/xquery"
  • "text/x-vb"
  • "text/x-vbhtml"

Theming your editor

As described in the previous sections, if you use the advanced way to create your editor you will get hold of an editorViewer instance. The fundamental class of an Orion editor is called TextView that is theme-able in different ways. If you call editorViewer.editor.getTextView() it returns you an instance of TextView. You can then call editorViewer.editor.getTextView().setOptions({themeClass: "editorTheme"}) to theme your editor. Note that "editorTheme" is the class selector that is defined in the following css, as the default theme that the widget is using. You can change any class for your own theme.

/*Editor syntax highlighting themes*/
/*Refer to https://manual.macromates.com/en/language_grammars at section 12.4 for the theme hierarchy*/
.editorTheme .comment {
	color: #3C802C;
}
.editorTheme .constant.numeric.hex {
	color: #9932CC;
}
.editorTheme .constant.numeric {
	color: #9932CC;
}
.editorTheme .constant {
	color: #9932CC;
}
.editorTheme .entity.name.function {
	color: #67BBB8;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.editorTheme .entity.name {
	color: #98937B;
}
.editorTheme .entity.other.attribute-name {
	color: #5F9EA0;
}
.editorTheme .keyword.control {
	color: #CC4C07;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.editorTheme .keyword.operator {
	color: #9F4177;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.editorTheme .keyword.other.documentation.task {
	color: #5595ff;
}
.editorTheme .keyword.other.documentation {
	color: #7F9FBF;
}
.editorTheme .meta.documentation.annotation {
	color: #7F9FBF;
}
.editorTheme .meta.documentation.tag {
	color: #7F7F9F;
}
.editorTheme .meta.preprocessor {
	color: #A4A4A4;
}
.editorTheme .meta.tag.attribute {
	color: #93a2aa;
}
.editorTheme .meta.tag {
	color: #CC4C07;
}
.editorTheme .punctuation.operator {
	color: #D1416F;
}
.editorTheme .string.interpolated {
	color: #151515;
}
.editorTheme .string {
	color: #446FBD;
}
.editorTheme .support.type.propertyName {
	color: #9F4177;
}
.editorTheme .variable.language {
	color: #7F0055;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.editorTheme .variable.other {
	color: #E038AD;
}
.editorTheme .variable.parameter {
	color: #D1416F;
}
/*Editor core themes*/
.editorTheme .annotationLine.currentLine {
	background-color: #EAF2FE;
}
.editorTheme .annotationRange.currentBracket {
	background-color: #00FE00;
}
.editorTheme .annotationRange.matchingBracket {
	background-color: #00FE00;
}
.editorTheme .annotationRange.matchingSearch.currentSearch {
	background-color: #53d1ff;
}
.editorTheme .annotationRange.matchingSearch {
	background-color: #c3e1ff;
}
.editorTheme .annotationRange.writeOccurrence {
	background-color: #ffff00;
}
.editorTheme .ruler.annotations {
	background-color: #ffffff;
}
.editorTheme .ruler.overview {
	background-color: #ffffff;
}
.editorTheme .ruler {
	background-color: #ffffff;
}
.editorTheme .rulerLines {
	color: #CCCCCC;
}
.editorTheme .textviewContent ::-moz-selection {
	background-color: #b4d5ff;
}
.editorTheme .textviewContent ::selection {
	background-color: #b4d5ff;
}
.editorTheme .textviewLeftRuler {
	border-color: #ffffff;
}
.editorTheme .textviewRightRuler {
	border-color: #ffffff;
}
.editorTheme .textviewSelection {
	background-color: #b4d5ff;
}
.editorTheme .textviewSelectionUnfocused {
	background-color: #b4d5ff;
}
.editorTheme.textview {
	background-color: #ffffff;
	color: #151515;
	font-family: "Source Code Pro", "Consolas", "Monaco", "Vera Mono", monospace;
	font-size: 14px;
}

You can copy the above contents and paste into your own css file and load the css file into your page. Then change your code to call editorViewer.editor.getTextView().setOptions({themeClass: "editorTheme"}) , after editorViewer.setContents is called. Refer to the snippet below, assuming that you've created the css file called editorTheme.css and loaded into your page.

codeEdit.create({parent: "myEditorDivId"}).then(function(editorViewer) {
    editorViewer.setContents("var foo;", "application/javascript");
    editorViewer.editor.getTextView().setOptions({themeClass: "editorTheme"});
});

Theming the syntax highlighting

Refer to TextMate Language Grammars at section 12.4 Naming Conventions on how to change the css class values in the editorTheme.css file. For instance if you change one of the classes as below, your syntax highlighting on the javascript control keyword will become green from dark orange(default).

.editorTheme .keyword.control {
	color: green;/*#CC4C07;*/
	font-weight: bold;
}

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