TODO

Integrate new Ocaml tooling

• merlin for type hovers, completion, real-time error feedback, outline
• ocp-indent for indenting ocaml code
• ocp-build for building ocaml code (faster than ocamlbuild and works on Windows!)
• automatic -bin-annot: export OCAMLPARAM="_,bin-annot=1" (would ensure syntax tools are always available, option checked by default)
• maybe ocp-index to index ocamldoc for adding to completion and hover help (unless merlin adds it)
  • see also bin-doc (which is part of opam-doc)

Syntax services

• mark occurrences (opened merlin feature request)
• rename refactoring
• code folding (based on boundaries returned by merlin?)
• semantic highlighting
• provide a search dialog for OCaml types (like JDT "Navigate > Open Type...")

TODO

• add a UI for switching easily between several tools configurations (OCaml paths)
• display a warning in the editor when modifying a file under _build (because it will be overwritten by ocamlbuild at the next build), and possibly make it read-only
• display a warning if no annot file is found after compiling, prompting the user to add "-annot" to the compiler's command line
• debugger improvements (see forum) :
• store project build settings in a ".build" file under the project instead of in metadata
• linked mode in editor for automatic brackets
• use a workspace change listener to trigger the parser (instead of testing each file's date for modification)
• tasks markers in Tasks view (TODO, FIXME, etc.)
• better auto-edit strategies : unindent automatically when expected
• rename plug-in's java package (maybe org.ocaide.*)
• syntax coloring in the toplevel
• completion in the toplevel
• write a better OCaml compiler output parser (errors, warnings), maybe with an extension point to plug-in custom compiler output parsers
• open a definition in a source editor from the modules explorer
• allow interrupting the toplevel on Windows (JNI code?)
• integrate OUnit for unit testing, with a dedicated view like the JUnit view in JDT
• make 2 distinct icons for the main and debug OCaml perspectives (useful when "Show Text" is disabled)
• show error/warnings markers also on parent folders recursively in the Navigator view
• integrate profiler : ocamlprof and maybe gprof for time-profiling
• syntax coloring in compare editor

maybe

• improve the managed projects build or replace by ocp-build?
• display state of syntax information on editor tab (so that the user knows why some IDE services sometimes don't work as expected)
  • red when no syntax information is available
  • orange/yellow when some syntax information is available but stale
  • green when syntax information is up to date with the current buffer
• extension point to add custom syntax coloring corresponding to Camlp4 extensions