xcode and go.xclangspec

[John Asmuth]

Hi,

Has anyone had any luck getting Xcode to use the go.xclangspec file
provided? I copy that thing to all sorts of places and nothing seems
to work (get-info on a source and looking in the 'type' list doesn't
have anything for go).

- John

[Noah Evans]

Did you try /Developer/Library/PrivateFrameworks/XcodeEdit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/?

[Sebastian]

I added mine to /Developer/Library/Xcode/Specifications

[Daniel Dilts]

I think that the location to put the xcode files in is in a comment at the beginning of the files.

[John Asmuth]

I have put it there and a number of other locations, but it doesn't
seem to have done anything. Perhaps it is installed correctly and I
don't know how to use it?

[Daniel Dilts]

> I have put it there and a number of other locations, but it doesn't
> seem to have done anything. Perhaps it is installed correctly and I
> don't know how to use it?

All it does is introduce syntax highlighting. It does not introduce anything else. Try opening a .go file in XCode. See if things are highlighted.

[John Asmuth]

Surprisingly enough, this was the first thing I tried. To no avail.

> All it does is introduce syntax highlighting.  It does not introduce anything else.  Try opening a .go file inXCode.  See if things are highlighted.

[Pete Wilson]

I added mine to /Developer/Library/Xcode/Specifications as suggested
by Sebastian.
On opening sieve.go, the display was ordinary black text.

The trick was to select View:Syntax Coloring:Go

That is, (i) the file does add go to what XCode understands but (ii)
you seem to have to tell the editor to use that syntax definition.

But the coloring doesn't 'stick'.
-- P

[j-g-faustus]

I put mine in /Developer/Library/PrivateFrameworks/XcodeEdit.framework/
Versions/A/Resources, as suggested by Noah E (and it actually says so
at the top of the file, just open it in a text editor), and it worked
straight away. I didn't change any settings.

For Pete W: There are two files. It sounds like you are missing
go.pbfilespec, which ties the syntax highlighting to the file
extension .go. (It's in the Go distribution, just copy it to the same
place as the go.xclangspec.)

[natevw]

For those coming across this groups post on a Google search, I found
this as a potential tip to install the file system-wide:
http://dh1135.posterous.com/go-programming-tip-where-to-put-the-gopbfiles

However, I used the method described in the text at the top of each
file, which is to put them deep within my Library folder:
~/Library/Application Support/Developer/Shared/Xcode/Specifications/

hope this helps,
-natevw

[KenF]

I've posted some changes that add support for raw strings in another
discussion.

(I didn't realize this discussion was still active.)

Ken

On Dec 25, 7:38 am, natevw <nate-li...@calftrail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 20, 1:52 pm, John Asmuth <jasm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
>
> > Has anyone had any luck getting Xcode to use the go.xclangspec file
> > provided? I copy that thing to all sorts of places and nothing seems
> > to work (get-info on a source and looking in the 'type' list doesn't
> > have anything for go).
>
> For those coming across this groups post on a Google search, I found

> this as a potential tip to install the file system-wide:http://dh1135.posterous.com/go-programming-tip-where-to-put-the-gopbf...