[MonoDevelop] syntax definition of "addin.xml"

[Vasili I. Galchin]

Michael,

     Where is a list of all compiler extension points?

Thanks,

Vasili

On 1/8/10, Michael Hutchinson <m.j.hutchinson at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 1:22 AM, Vasili I. Galchin <vigalchin at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>    I didn't see on
>> http://monodevelop.com/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=addin.xml&fulltext=Search
>>  the on-going definition of the syntax of *addiin.xml. Where is the
>> current definition of *addin.xml?
>
> There isn't a set schema, as the format is extensible - addins can add
> extension points for other addins to use. There is a slightly
> out-of-date autogenerated document at
> http://monodevelop.com/Developers/Articles/Extension_Tree_Reference
>
> However, the best way IMO is to look at the extensions in existing addins.
>
> The articles at http://monodevelop.com/Developers/Articles are also very
> useful
>
> Getting started, and basic concepts:
> http://monodevelop.com/Developers/Articles/Development%3a_Getting_Started
> http://monodevelop.com/Developers/Articles/Creating_a_Simple_Add-in
>
> Overviews of APIs:
> http://monodevelop.com/Developers/Articles/Architecture_Overview
> http://monodevelop.com/Developers/Articles/API_Overview
>
> For writing a .NET language binding, there are a few stages of things
> you can do:
> 1) stub out the addin
> 2) file type definitions
> 3) IDotNetLanguageBinding for project & compilation support
> 4) file & project templates
> 5) option panels for setting language-specific project options
> 6) a syntax highlighting definition
> 7) code templates
> 8) a parser, to provide outlining, folding, class list, quick finder,
> and fill the database that code completion uses
> 9) a text editor extension subclassing CompletionTextEditorExtension,
> to provide code completion and smart indentation etc.
> 10) add Refactorer to the IDotNetLanguageBinding implementation to
> support things like find refs, rename, insert member etc
> 11) other things like code formatter etc.
>
> I can provide more specifics on any one of these.
>
> --
> Michael Hutchinson
> http://mjhutchinson.com
>