microsoft / microsoft/monaco-editor
[Feature Request] Language support for XQuery
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- Dominant language
- JavaScript
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Context
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Description
XQuery is the only reason we still keep another editor in the application. It is a bit of a niche language but it would be great to have it. We have defined a syntax with Monarch but implementing and integrating a validator seems a lot more difficult to achieve.
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the existing Monarch syntax definition and how Monaco integrates language validators. Define the validator and integration scope for XQuery, then verify that syntax highlighting and validation work in the editor.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100