atom-perl6-editor-tools

A collection of useful Perl 6 editor tools
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Atom Perl 6 Editor Tools

Dependency Status

This atom plugin provides a collection of useful Perl 6 editor tools that are shown below:

Syntax Check Linter

This provides a linter that syntax checks Perl 6 code and provides error messages. Please note that this will run BEGIN and CHECK blocks.

Syntax Check Linter Screenshot

Build Support

This provides a builder that provides the following tasks (More build tasks will added in the future):

  • Perl 6 test: This will run prove -v -e "perl6 -Ilib" in your current Perl 6 project and provide the build log

Test Builder Screenshot

Context sensitive help

This provides a hyperclick for context sensitive help.

Context Sensitive Help Screenshot

POD Preview (Shortcut: Alt+Ctrl+O)

This allows you to preview Perl 6 POD while typing your POD documentation in near real-time. Please remember to install Pod::To::HTML via the following command for the POD Preview pane to work:

  $ zef install Pod::To::HTML

POD Preview Screenshot

Snippets

A collection of useful snippets are now available for Perl 6 files. You can find a complete list of the snippets here.

  • Please use Alt+Shift+S to view a scrollable list of them.
  • Type the name of the snippet and then press Tab. For example, by typing script followed by Tab, a hello world script is inserted. Please read Using Atom: Snippets for more information.

File Icons

Perl 6 file icons are now provided by file-icons and is installed automatically.

Author

Ahmad M. Zawawi, azawawi on #perl6, https://github.com/azawawi/

License

MIT License