How can I turn on the syntax highlighting for top ...

# scripting

[Icaro Temponi]

How can I turn on the syntax highlighting for top level kts scripts on Intellij? tried adding the stdlib to the module but didn't work

[Nikky]

syntax highlighting only happens when the file is n a sourceset i think

[Nikky]

and specialcased for gradle scripts

[Nikky]

i just found that myself:

https://i.imgur.com/idJPLGm.png▾

[Nikky]

possibly you could edit the kotlin configuration of the mudule .. i guess that would be the root module..and define the classpath and classes for kotlin scripting

[ilya.chernikov]

It could be specialized for any custom script, not only for gradle. But you need to have a script definition for it, and make IDEA aware of it.
We need to make docs about it, but the whole topic is a moving target, so it probably takes some time. Sorry about it.

[Nikky]

but afaik it eeds to be in a module at least.. and configuring the root module did not work for me when i tried.. i am not sure how to reference where it can find the script definition since that is in the classpath of the _main module

[Nikky]

but yes, docs would be helpful
and i would LOVE it if there is a way to configure the kotlin-scripts definitions on a module using the gradle-idea plugin
so i do not have to redo the whole process on every device or write a detailed setup guide

[ilya.chernikov]

Besides classpath discovery (that would work on script in source roots anyway), you can write a plugin or supply definition via compiler options in IDEA.

[Nikky]

compiler options so that idea recognizes it.. as in if i add the script to the javac options idea will pick up on that ?

[ilya.chernikov]

About the configuring from the gradle - could you, please, give more info: are you using scripts outside of source roots?

[Nikky]

i would like to, yes, because if they are inside sourceroots then running a gradle task will compile the scripts that will then just get recompiled by my application

[Nikky]

but if they are outside, currently the highlighting does not work

[Nikky]

the only thing that is affected is the startup speed when running it through gradle .. it feels like i could shave off 2-3 seconds before it actually starts working by skipping th compilation of all scripts in sourceroots

[ilya.chernikov]

I’m not sure I understand the question about the options, but what I mean is IDEA preferences (settings) -> Build, Execution, Deployment -> Compiler -> Kotlin Compiler -> Kotlin Scripting. Are you aware of these?

[ilya.chernikov]

About the scripts outside of the source roots - we’re thinking about it, but so far there are quite many open questions. But I hope we’ll be able to offer some solution here as well.

[Nikky]

i saw those options.. but i am not sure what to put there, should the field Script template classes get the fully qualified classname? eg. com.example.ScriptDefinition
but what do i write in the classpath field? the jar of the library or what ?

[ilya.chernikov]

Jar with all dependencies, if there are any.

[Nikky]

that is usually on mavenLocal or a remote maven.. maybe possible if i make a gradle task to download the shadowedJar from jenkins..
but this already seems overcomplicated

[Nikky]

or i make a task that just creates the shadowjar in a libs folder.. that might just work if i find a way to run this after idea import

[ilya.chernikov]

It wasn’t implemented as a proper tool, more like a workaround. Initial assumption was that if you need a support for a custom non-source scripts in the IDE, you have to add an IDEA plugin. Maybe we should provide some more light-weight way to do it, but so far we are not.

[Nikky]

i hoped i could get away without idea plugin and just provide a simple jar that opens a JFileChooser to pick a folder and that owuld then create a gradle project with the correct dependencies