kak-tree-sitter

This is a binary server that interfaces tree-sitter with kakoune.

• Features
• Install
• Usage
• Design
• Alternatives
• Credits

Features

• Semantic highlighting.
• Semantic selections (types, functions, declarations, etc.)
• Efficient parsing via tree-sitter, with partial parsing, etc.
• Shared between Kakoune sessions.

Install

Currently, the only installation channel, which is not ideal, is via cargo:

cargo install kak-tree-sitter

Optionally, you can install the CLI controller:

cargo install ktsctl

Usage

See the wiki.

Design

• Overall design
• Kakoune faces

Alternatives

• tree-sitter.kak: a similar project, with the same motivations. It’s currently the only viable alternative with both features (semantic highlighting / selections).

Credits

This program was heavily inspired by kak-tree, by @ul.