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julia layer

• Description
  • Features:
• Install
  • LSP
• Options
• Key bindings

Description

This layer adds support for Julia to Spacemacs.

Features:

• Syntax highlighting
• Repl support
• Linting
• Completion
• Jump-to-definition
• Documentation on hover

Install

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

LSP

This layer can be used with LanguageServer.jl and emacs lsp-mode to provide richer, IDE-like capabilities. To use this layer with lsp, you must do the following:

1. LanguageServer.jl should be configured automatically, if not, see the documentation of lsp-julia.
2. define the layer variable julia-backend to lsp in your dotfile

  (setq-default
   dotspacemacs-configuration-layers
   '(
     (julia :variables julia-mode-enable-lsp t)))

To enable language server functionality with this layer, follow the instructions for installation, and then install this layer with:

Warning: LanguageServer.jl has not yet been released for Julia 1.0. If you are using this layer with Julia 1.0, julia-mode-enable-lsp should be set to nil.

LanguageServer.jl tends to have a very long startup time. In the worst case, lsp-mode might give up on the language server before its started, but regardless usage of lsp-mode with Julia can cause long delays when first opening files.

Options

While julia-mode is perfectly usable without configuration or other packages, you can choose to replace the default functionality of using julia-repl as the layer's interactive REPL with the ess REPL and other functionality that comes with it. To do so, install this layer with:

  (setq-default
   dotspacemacs-configuration-layers
   '(
     (julia :variables julia-mode-enable-ess t)))

Key bindings

Key binding	Description
TAB	Expands latex macro (e.g. \delta).
SPC m l	Expands latex macro (e.g. \delta).
SPC m = =	Indent line
SPC m = d	Deindent line
SPC m = q	Indent Sexp
SPC m '	Brings up Julia Repl (starts new one or focuses existing).
SPC m r	Brings up Julia Repl (starts new one or focuses existing).
SPC m h h	Calls @doc macro on symbol under cursor.
SPC m s a	Activate the project of the current buffer (call with prefix to activate home project)
SPC m s d	cd into the buffer directory
SPC m s i	Brings up Julia Repl (starts new one or focuses existing).
SPC m s b	Sends buffer to REPL.
SPC m s t	Sends buffer to REPL via Revise.includet.
SPC m s l	Sends line to REPL.
SPC m s s	Sends line to REPL.
SPC m s r	Sends region or line to REPL.
SPC m s m	Call @macroexpand on an expression
SPC m s e	Call @edit on an expression
SPC m s v	Prompt and set a Julia REPL inferior buffer name for the current buffer
SPC m e a	Activate the project of the current buffer (call with prefix to activate home project)
SPC m e d	cd into the buffer directory
SPC m e i	Brings up Julia Repl (starts new one or focuses existing).
SPC m e b	Sends buffer to REPL.
SPC m e t	Sends buffer to REPL via Revise.includet.
SPC m e l	Sends line to REPL.
SPC m e s	Sends line to REPL.
SPC m e r	Sends region or line to REPL.
SPC m e m	Call @macroexpand on an expression
SPC m e e	Call @edit on an expression
SPC m e v	Prompt and set a Julia REPL inferior buffer name for the current buffer