There are a couple JavaScript modes out there:
- js2-mode by Steve Yegge
- javascript.el by Karl Landström.
- espresso?
- Something else?
Does anyone have a recommendation on which to use?
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There's also espresso-mode.
A note from the espresso-mode homepage:
Espresso has been incorporated into GNU Emacs starting with version 23.2 and has been renamed js-mode.
jlf
2009-07-30 19:04:14
+1 espresso-mode is much better for navigating around functions (`C-M-a` and `C-M-e`) than js2-mode. The author also actively responds to issue requests unlike js2-mode
seth
2009-07-30 19:52:29
Good to know. I was ready to pull the trigger on js2-mode but now I have to rethink it.
Cheeso
2009-07-31 04:38:38
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I use js2-mode for JavaScript authoring, and it's excellent. It's not ideal for JavaScript-like languages, though (ActionScript), so it's good to have a simple mode around as a backup for those cases.
nullptr
2009-07-30 19:42:16
So JavaScript is not "JavaScript-like"? Do you mean to say "non-JavaScript languages that are similar to JavaScript"?
Chris Conway
2009-07-30 22:19:51
Conway, everyone else understood what mr unknown was saying. give him a break.
Cheeso
2009-07-31 04:39:10
js2-mode already included into GNU Emacs tree, and will released as part of GNU Emacs 23.2
Alex Ott
2009-07-31 06:58:45
@Alex, you mean espresso-mode. The js2-mode (by Steve Yegge) is _not_ being included into Emacs. They included espresso-mode, and renamed it js-mode.
Ville Laurikari
2010-09-21 11:07:05