#+TITLE: Protocol Buffers layer
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* Table of Contents                                        :TOC_4_org:noexport:
 - [[Description][Description]]
 - [[Features][Features]]
 - [[Install][Install]]

* Description
Highlighting and syntax checking for [[https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/][Protocol Buffer]] files.

Uses Google's [[https://github.com/google/protobuf/blob/master/editors/protobuf-mode.el][protobuf-mode]] with [[https://github.com/edvorg/flycheck-protobuf][flycheck-protobuf]].

* Features
+ Syntax Highlighting
+ Syntax checking using Flycheck (=protoc= compiler must be available)
+ Correct Indentation and commenting
+ Quickly browse file contents using =M-x helm-imenu= and =M-x imenu=.

* Install
To use this configuration layer, add it to your =~/.spacemacs=. You will need to
add =protobuf= to the existing =dotspacemacs-configuration-layers= list in this
file.