Bug 91636 - Wish: More useful automatic syntax checking
Summary: Wish: More useful automatic syntax checking
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: kdevelop
Classification: Applications
Component: Problem reporter (show other bugs)
Version: 3.1
Platform: unspecified Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdevelop-bugs-null
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Reported: 2004-10-19 01:01 UTC by Nathan Baum
Modified: 2008-06-29 21:48 UTC (History)
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Description Nathan Baum 2004-10-19 01:01:33 UTC 
Version:           3.1.0 (using KDE 3.3.0, Gentoo)
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.4 20040623 (Gentoo Linux 3.3.4-r1, ssp-3.3.2-2, pie-8.7.6)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.8-gentoo-r3

Right now I get automatic syntax checking for C++ only.

What I'd like is to be able to specify, perhaps with a yacc-style grammar, syntax for other file types.

In addition, it would sometimes be handy to be able to see what's wrong. I think the red circle-X should have a tooltip that gives a brief description of the cause of the syntax error.

I note that the class browser must know what types exist in your system. It would be useful if the syntax checker could know about that and thereby provide more useful feedback.
Comment 1 Andreas Pakulat 2008-06-29 21:48:25 UTC 
already possible: Just provide a language support plugin. With KDevelop4 this might even be easier by using script languages.