Re: haXe code completion

[Kevin Rodgers]

TheLonelyStar wrote:
> I would like haXe (www.haxe.org) code completion in emacs.
> The haxe compiler provides everything that is needed. If invoked with the
> information of the position in the source, it returns to stderr a xml-list
> with completon possibilites.
>
> But I am not good in wrtiting emacs lisp. How can I:
> - Invoke an external program and store the output to stderr?

call-process-region, using the (REAL-BUFFER STDERR-FILE) form of the
BUFFER argument.  If you're only interested in capturing standard error,
then REAL-BUFFER is 0.

> - Parse xml?

(xml-parse-file STDERR-FILE)

> - Display a list for autocompletion?

completing-read is the direct user interface, but there are higher level
completion modes -- sorry, I don't know how to hook into them.

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA