BBEdit package for Go development

This project is no longer necessary. BBEdit now has full support for Language Server Protocol (LSP) which eliminates the need for custom syntax module. I no longer use this package. See Bare Bones support page for LSP for instructions on how to install Go's LSP server.

Features

• Full language syntax highlighting
• Support for code folding func
• Language defaults
• Full set of clippings
• Go tool scripts
• Completion data for Go standard library

The package is a collection of BBEdit supporting elements for developing Go applications. The Resources directory contains the toolset for supporting the scripting and integration.

Requirements

The following are required for using Go.bbpackage:

• BBEdit 12.0 or greater
• Go 1.8 or greater
• Xcode 6 or greater (particularly the command line tools package)

Install

Download the latest release and install with BBEdit.

Build

The package should be cloned into a working directory. The Makefile will build the sources. The install task will install the package to the correct Application Support directory (either Dropbox, iCloud Drive, or ~/Library).

    git clone https://github.com/ascarter/Go-bbpackage.git
    cd Go-bbpackage
    make install

To update, pull changes and run make install again:

    cd Go-bbpackage
    git pull
    make clean install

Usage

The best way to use BBEdit with a Go project is to simply launch BBEdit from the project root.

    cd ~/Projects/workspace/src/github.com/<username>/<my cool project>
    bbedit .

Go version update

For new versions of Go, the package should generally work. The standard library tags can be updated by using the script stdlib/Update ctags