Re: [ECB-list] Javascript mode: methods buffer not populated

[Don D. <ddw...@ad...>]

Update of an earlier post:
> Thanks, John:
>> js2-mode by steve yegge :)
>> http://code.google.com/p/js2-mode/
>>  
>> I believe it's GPL.  If you dislike the orthogonality, maybe steal his 
>> parser to plug in to semantic?
> 
> I've read about JS2 and several others on 
> http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/JavaScriptMode.  Unfortunately, that page 
> doesn't seem to offer a clear answer, especially in the context of 
> CEDET, ECB, nXhtml, and mumamo (I'm also interested in improving the 
> tabbing behavior).  I'd rather not spend time trying to integrate the 
> various alternatives if possible.  (It looks like what I have is 
> Landstrom's implementation.)
> 
> If I get annoyed enough, and have the time, I'll try js2 and/or espresso.

I got some time and played with js2.  It turns out that nXhtml includes 
a modified version of js2, but it wasn't completely debugged, and the 
nXhtml author deprecated it in a comment.  Good thing -- running under 
mumamo, it badly messes up the parsing.  There's more work to be done 
there, and I'm not the one to do it.

I had some success with the original version of js2, however.  When I 
manually invoke js2-mode on a "pure" .js file, it does an excellent job, 
including the parsing, and I get useful information in the methods buffer.

Unfortunately, something in the nXhtml, CEDET, or ECB initialization 
code prevents js2-mode from kicking in automatically when I load a .js 
file (even though I've set it up properly in my .emacs); I have to 
explicitly change the mode.  I can live with that for now, but if anyone 
has some hints on where to look to change this, I'd be most appreciative.

-- 
Don Dwiggins
Advanced Publishing Technology