Is there a reStructuredText markup editor for eclipse

Question

Is there a WiKiText editor plugin for reStructuredText under eclipse? When I edit a .textile file, I get various intelligent editing features (such as line folding) and a preview panel. I find that there are references to reStructuredText under various MyLyn packages, but after installing them I still can't find a reStructuredText editor. Is that because there isn't one?

Thanks. Kent

Answer 1

There is no ReST plugin, but you can make one yourself, as example using Colorer.

Colorer has an API for new language descriptions, and there's a plugin for Eclipse.

There's even an example on how to add new languages to Eclipse this way. It is very easy :-)

If you don't know the ReST syntax specifications, you can take these as a reference:

• Plugin for GEdit
• Plugin for VIM

You just need to translate these to the Colorer syntax and you'll have ReST highlighting in Eclipse.