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Keyword with whitespace [message #1836213]

Thu, 24 December 2020 11:07

Alex Gor

Messages: 159
Registered: November 2014
Location: Russia

Senior Member

Dears

XText is able to support keyword with whitespaces

In case I write in grammar something like :

MY_KEYWORD:
	"KeywordStart KeywordSecond"
;

Xtext suggests me to rewrite as

MY_KEYWORD:
	"KeywordStart"  "KeywordSecond"
;

But seems to me it is not fully corresponded

Thank you in advance

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Re: Keyword with whitespace [message #1836513 is a reply to message #1836213]

Wed, 06 January 2021 15:17

Karsten Thoms

Messages: 762
Registered: July 2009
Location: Dortmund, Germany

Senior Member

The first alternative would require to use always exactly one space between the kewyords. No tab, no newline. It is generally recommended to split multiple keywords. What you likely want is that you get proposed to insert the second keyword along when starting typing the first keyword and use content assist to complete that. Therefore handle this with customizing content assist.
Read more here: https://blogs.itemis.com/en/xtext-hint-content-assist-for-multiple-consecutive-keywords

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