StrictDoc Markup syntax highlighting using TextMate grammar in JSON format

This repository contains a TextMate grammar package that enables syntax highlighting for the StrictDoc markup language.

StrictDoc is:

Software for technical documentation and requirements management.

Demos

Visual Studio Code

PyCharm

Eclipse

Installing in Visual Studio Code (Visual Studio Marketplace)

The best way to get this extension up and running in Visual Studio Code is to install it directly from the Marketplace: StrictDoc Language Basics Extension.

Installing in Visual Studio Code (local installation)

It is also possible to install this extension manually by cloning this repository.

Clone this repository to a good place under your file system:

git clone git@github.com:strictdoc-project/strictdoc.tmLanguage.git

Copy the cloned folder as-is to your user's VS Code extensions folder:

cp -rv strictdoc.tmLanguage $HOME/.vscode/extensions/

This instruction has been tested to work correctly and is taken from: Create Custom Language in Visual Studio Code.

The syntax highlighting should become activated right away, but you may need to reload the editor / reopen the currently open tab with an .sdoc file.

Installing in PyCharm

Clone this repository to a good place under your file system:

git clone git@github.com:strictdoc-project/strictdoc.tmLanguage.git

Go to Preferences / Editor / TextMate Bundles.

Click "+". Find and specify the strictdoc.tmLanguage.git folder. The folder should appear in the list bundles. Note: the folder first appears at the bottom of the list but then goes up when you open the TextMate Bundles next time.

When the settings are saved via Apply or OK, the syntax of all open .sdoc files should become highlighted right away.

Important: When an SDoc file is opened for the first time, PyCharm may attempt to associate the .sdoc extension with a Text file type. Make you sure that the StrictDoc extension (.sdoc) is NOT registered in Editor / File types. In particular, .sdoc shall not appear under Text file type patterns, otherwise, the syntax highlighting for SDoc may not work.

Installing in Eclipse

The Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers, version 2023-03 (4.27.0), was used to test the steps of this tutorial. The syntax highlighting is expected to work in any Eclipse-based IDE, as long as that IDE has the integrated TextMate support in Eclipse IDE (TM4E).

The steps are as follows.

Create test files

In Eclipse, in your workspace, create two test files: test.rst and test.sdoc. These files should help in testing that both RST and SDoc markup work. Add some RST and SDoc content to these files, for example:

Testing RST
===========

This is **a line** of RST.

[DOCUMENT]
TITLE: Development Plan
OPTIONS:
  REQUIREMENT_STYLE: Table
  REQUIREMENT_IN_TOC: True

[FREETEXT]
Here, the RST markup shall be **recognized**.
[/FREETEXT]

[REQUIREMENT]
UID: GOAL-1-TOOL-SUPPORT
TITLE: Software support for writing requirements and specifications documents
STATEMENT: >>>
Here, the RST markup shall be **recognized**.
<<<

Register .sdoc and .rst extensions

Go to Eclipse / Preferences... (Command + ,). Open General / Content Types. For the Text content type, add *.sdoc and *.rst associations.

Notes:

1. It should be possible to create a Text/StrictDoc subcategory but the basic combination shown on the screenshot is known to work.

Register the RST syntax

If your Eclipse installation already has the RST syntax registered, you don't need to register the *.rst extension, and this step can be skipped.

Eclipse TextMate grammar files are maintained in JSON format in the tm4e/org.eclipse.tm4e.language_pack folder.

Download the rst.tmLanguage.json file from GitHub:

Open Eclipse / TextMate / Grammar, and add the RST grammar like is shown on the screenshots:

Click "Apply and Close" and open your test.rst file using the Generic Text Editor:

When the text editor tab is opened, your RST syntax should be highlighted:

Register the SDoc syntax

Clone this repository to a good place under your file system:

git clone git@github.com:strictdoc-project/strictdoc.tmLanguage.git

In the cloned strictdoc.tmLanguage folder, there is a file called syntaxes/sdoc.tmLanguage.json. Open that file and replace all occurrences of source.rst with lngpck.source.rst. This is needed because TM4E language repository maintains all its .json language files under the lngpck.* namespace. Changing to lngpck.source.rst helps the StrictDoc grammar to properly locate the RST grammar in Eclipse.

Follow the same steps as for RST above: import the sdoc.tmLanguage.json file. The expected result:

Now, open the test.sdoc file using the Generic Text Editor.

You should see the SDoc syntax highlighted: