Syntax Highlighting not working after comma-plugin 2.0 install

[librasteve]

Sonoma 14.6.1, M1 Welcome to Rakudo™ v2024.08 IntelliJ IDEA 2024.2.1 (Ultimate Edition) Runtime version: 21.0.3+13-b509.11 aarch64 (JCEF 122.1.9

I have successfully performed the following:

• fork and clone comma-plugin
• open IntelliJ, build and runIde
• open (in selector window) existing raku project
• view lovely syntax highlighting in .rakumod file

However, this does not work:

• install and restart the newly built comma-plugin file (from build/distributions)
• open (in selector window) [same] existing raku project
• no syntax highlighting

Workarounds that do NOT fix this are:

• Invalidate Caches
• rm -rf .idea && rm *.iml
• New Project From Existing Sources

The following workarounds DO work:

• open the project in the runIde vm and then open again in the regular open dialog (selector window)
• right click unsyntaxed .rakumod file and Override File Type > Raku Module

I am OK to use the first path and expect this to be a one time thing for each project Posting here to guide further improvements and to assist others with the workarounds

[ab5tract]

Thanks for the report. I hope to make transitioning old projects as easy as possible, but it seems there are corner cases yet to be uncovered.

I have to wonder whether the issue is rooted in the selector menu. Is File > Open also a successful workaround?

[librasteve]

Just tried

• rm -rf .idea && rm *.iml
• File > Open

Still no syntax highlighting ;-(

[librasteve]

OK, you asked me to provide an example GH repo where I was seeing this error.

I am testing with https://github.com/librasteve/raku-Physics-Unit.git

Previously (CommaIDE) I had included .idea etc project files in the GH commit.

I performed these steps:

• rm -rf raku-Physics-Unit
• git clone https://github.com/librasteve/raku-Physics-Unit.git && cd raku-Physics-Unit

NOW the IntelliJ File > Open works as desired

To inspect the changes, I then went:

git status

and got

GitWorld/raku-Physics-Unit > git status
On branch main
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/main'.

Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
    modified:   .idea/workspace.xml

Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
    .idea/comma.xml

I have committed and pushed the new idea files to GH so you can diff the changes.

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However, I have tried this pattern again this time re-clone eg raku-Physics-Measure and File > Open and syntax highlighting is not working.

So this issue is not fully resolved ;-(

[ab5tract]

Unfortunately I was unable to reproduce this issue. It opened with syntax highlighting each and every time.

That said, I did identify a misunderstanding I had with project setup that had been addressed in the new project wizard but not yet in the project open processor.

With any luck this fix will address the issue you are seeing.

[librasteve]

ok my dude

I reinstalled from scratch (and deleted all my macos config) download latest 2024.2.3 from https://www.jetbrains.com/shop/download/II/2024200

all is now AOK

(I now have the habot to delete .iml and /.idea files so this was not a test of migration)

brilliant job - thanks soooo much!!