Feature: Good support for eex/leex files

[axelson]

If VSCode had direct support for universally embedding languages that would be ideal, but it's currently on the backlog:

• https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/1751
• This comment on the above issue has an example of embedding that is possible today

You can embed syntax highlighting, this might be the lowest hanging fruit: https://code.visualstudio.com/api/language-extensions/syntax-highlight-guide#embedded-languages

You can also embed support for another language server: https://code.visualstudio.com/api/language-extensions/embedded-languages

If you use tailwind css, this extension has support for eex (and leex?) files, and might be a good source of inspiration: https://github.com/bradlc/vscode-tailwindcss

[axelson]

Semi-related issue: https://github.com/elixir-lsp/vscode-elixir-ls/issues/21

[bdtomlin]

Thanks for the reply. I was not aware that universal embedding wasn't supported, and judging by the age of that issue it's definitely not a priority. I'll have to spend some time reading in detail to see if there is a reasonable solution in the near term.

[NatoBoram]

https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/1751 was closed last month

[lukaszsamson]

Closing this as it's too broad to be actionable. If anyone has a specific ideas on what needs improvement then please open a separate issue. Basic elixir features like completions, hover, definition work fine. Variables defined in template does not (I opened https://github.com/elixir-lsp/vscode-elixir-ls/issues/279). HTML/CSS/JS completions does not (I opened https://github.com/elixir-lsp/vscode-elixir-ls/issues/278 to track that).