B2Jam
B2 Jam language support for Sublime Text
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B2 Jam Language Support
This Sublime Text package provides syntax highlighting and editing support for Jam language files – typically named Jamfile or *.jam.
More specifically, the Jam language dialect supported by the B2 Build System, formerly known as Boost.Build, or Boost.Jam – part of the Boost C++ Library Project.
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Features
Complete Syntax Highlighting
100% coverage of core language features. Takes advantage of Sublime Text 4's non-deterministic grammar, lazy embedding, and syntax inheritance features to give accurate and precise semantic markup. As such, the syntax highlighting can function much like a lint tool.
Native Symbol Indexing support
Labels identifiers, variables, classes, rules (functions), which populates Sublime's symbol index, enabling tab-completions, suggestions, and other features.
Snippet Completions
Builtin Language symbols for rules, features, and expansion modifiers.
Fold support
Glob and Regex pattern highlighting
Embedded Shell Script highlighting for
actionsBuiltin Library Support
Though not strictly part of the core language, in practice most users will be using the standard library to build C++ projects. As such, this package also contains support for the core build commands and features.
White-space aware
Jam requires white-space around all symbols – unlike most other languages, which allow symbols to be token boundaries. This syntax highlighter will help you spot problems caused by missing white-space.
Additionally, this package contains keymappings that auto-pair braces, brackets, and parenthesis with white-space, in hopefully intuitive ways.
Requirements
Sublime Text 4
Built and tested with build: 4152
Install
Manual Installation
Clone this repo into your Sublime
Packagesdirectory, and name itB2Jam
Backstory
I wanted to get to know Sublime Text better, and figured one great way to learn about it was to develop a syntax highlighter for it. I saw that there wasn't support for the B2 / Boost Jam language, and as it is a language that I'm familar with, I went to work. Having built language parsers in the past, I quickly got into the weeds. I realize in hindsight that my approach here was probably too meticulous. The upside is that it can detect mal-formed syntax and inform the user in such cases, which is quite useful!
Many years ago, I wrote Boost.Build.XModule a B2 Jam library to download and build third-party dependencies in the B2 build environment. Much like the ExternalProject and FetchContent modules in CMake. I wish I had this package at the time!