Re: An Eclim frontend for Emacs

[Richard Riley]

Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org> writes:

> Nikolaj Schumacher <me@nschum.de> writes:
>
> Hi Nikolaj,
>
>> Well, eclipse does keep a syntax tree of the source code.  Eclim
>> doesn't necessarily make it available in a raw form, but it has (at
>> least) a command to print the class prototypes (java_class_prototype).
>>
>> Looking at the source code it wouldn't be too hard to return methods,
>> arguments, etc. in CSV form.
>
> Doesn't it do that already?  I only had a very brief look at the code,
> but I had the impression that it basically returns every completion
> possibility available at this position.
>
>> Somebody just would have to convince the vim folks to accept patches
>> helping an Emacs project. ;)
>
> I searched their mailing list, and it seems the word emacs was never
> ever spoken out. ;-) But I'm pretty sure they would accept patches.
> It's free software, so one could fork it anyway, and this would decrease
> the benefits on every side.
>
>> Either way, it's a very neat project.  Thanks to whoever mentioned it
>> first. ;)
>
> My pleasure!
>
>> The completion seems to work well with company[1], too, so I'll
>> include a back-end in the next version.
>
> Wow, that would be cool.  Till now, I didn't have a deeper look at
> company mode, but this would definitively make me try it.
>
> Bye,
> Tassilo
>
>

I wonder where company mode and autocomplete out do each other in some
areas and reinvent the wheel in others. Company mode seems to provide
better select information e.g elisp info for candidates.