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An Atom package for Elixir

Autocomplete, Go/Jump to Definition, Documentation and more.

Dependencies

• language-elixir

Install

apm install atom-elixir

Features

• Autocomplete (Screenshots)
  • Lists modules, functions, variables, function params and module attributes available in the current scope.
  • Lists callbacks defined in behaviours (works also when @behaviour is injected by use directives)
  • Lists the accepted "returns" specs when inside a callback implementation
  • Indicates the type of the module (Module, Struct, Protocol, Implementation or Exception)
  • Shows documentation summary for each module or function
  • Shows function and callback specs
  • Works with aliased and imported modules
  • Indicates where the function was originally defined (for aliased, imported modules or callbacks)
  • Smart snippets for functions: After |>, doesn't write first parameter. After &, writes &function/arity
• Go to definition
  • Jump to the definition of the module or function under the cursor
  • Erlang modules and functions also supported
  • Return from definition (to previous files/positions)
  • Works with aliased and imported modules
• Documentation View (Screenshots)
  • Shows documentation of the module or function under the cursor
  • Also shows specs, types and callbacks (when available)
  • Works with aliased and imported modules
• Quoted Code view (Screenshots)
  • Convert selected text into its quoted form
  • Live pattern matching against quoted code
• Expand Macro view (Screenshots)
  • Expands the selected macro. Shows expanded code using Expand Once, Expand and Expand All.
• All features depending on aliases and imports are already supporting the new v1.2 notation.

IMPORTANT: Most of the features only work properly if you have the related .beam files in the project's _build folder. So please, before opening an issue, make sure you can successfully compile your project in the environment you're trying to use it ("dev" and/or "test"). You can also hit ALT+CMD+i to open the Atom's console (ALT+CTRL+i on windows/linux) in order to see the server's output. When successfully started, atom-elixir prints:

[atom-elixir] Initializing ElixirSense server for environment "dev" (Elixir version 1.4.0)
[atom-elixir] Working directory is "/Users/your_name/workspace/your_project/"

All error messages from the server should also be displayed in the console. Please send those messages when reporting an issue.

Shortcuts

• Autocomplete: ctrl + space
• Go To Definition: alt + down or alt + click
• Return from Definition: alt + up
• Go To Documentation: F2
• Open Quoted Code View + quote selected text: ctrl + shift + t
• Open Expand Code View + expand selected text: ctrl + shift + x

Notice: The keymaps were defined for my own OS X environment. If you're using Linux, Windows or even another OS X environment and the current key mapping conflicts with other commands, feel free to open an issue and report it.

Screenshots

<a name="screenshots-autocomplete"></a> Autocomplete

• Listing variables, module attributes, functions and macros available in the current scope
• Showing specs and documentation summary
• Showing where each function was originally defined

• Listing callbacks defined in used behaviours

• Listing accepted "returns" when inside a callback implementation

<a name="screenshots-documentation"></a> Documentation

• Showing documentation of the module/function under the cursor

• Showing documentation of the module under the cursor (callbacks)

<a name="screenshots-expand"></a> Expand Macro View

• Expanding selected macro call

<a name="screenshots-quoted"></a> Quoted Code View

• Quoted form of the selected code
• Live pattern matching against quoted code

Credits

• The Elixir Server is an extended version of alchemist-server by Samuel Tonini. Pay attention that the current API is no longer compatible with the original one.
• The Expand View was inspired by the mex tool by Luc Fueston. There's also a very nice post where he describes the whole process of Building A Macro-Expansion Helper for IEx.