.sln file support

[omajid]

.sln files are meta-project files meant to collect a bunch of projects that IDEs can use. A sln file describes what projects are part of a larger set of projects.

They are generated by dotnet new but are also available as a new project template in aCute. But aCute doesnt really seem to use/understand them to create nested/related projects.

[wcdeich4]

It would be a great idea to add .sln support to aCute.

[mickaelistria]

For .csproj files, aCute is going to use a language server. It would actually make sense to have this same language server also supporting edition of .sln files. It seems like those .sln files aren't based on some metalanguage such as XML or JSON, are they? If not, are you aware of some textmate files or other tools for those .sln we could use in aCute?

[wcdeich4]

I thought .sln files were based on XML, but it is not a particular object serialized into XML, it is just information about the projects stored in loosely based XML format. My advice would be to install Visual Studio Community on your PC (or a friend's PC if you only have Mac / linux, lol) & create several "solutions" each containing several projects & then open the .sln file for each "solution" in NotePad++ and just follow that pattern. If you want Visual Studio to be able to open that .sln file you need to get the pattern just right b/c Visual Studio won't tolerate small discrepancies.

[omajid]

For .csproj files, aCute is going to use a language server. It would actually make sense to have this same language server also supporting edition of .sln files.

Agreed. I believe omnisharp already (somehow) supports them: OmniSharp/omnisharp-roslyn#741

It seems like those .sln files aren't based on some metalanguage such as XML or JSON, are they?

No, they are a completely different text-based file format. I have an example at https://github.com/omajid/LicenseCheck/blob/master/LicenseCheck.sln, but you can generate them yourself using dotnet new sln, dotnet sln add. Here is a blog post that goes over the basics: https://garywoodfine.com/creating-editing-solution-files-dotnet-core-ubuntu/

If not, are you aware of some textmate files or other tools for those .sln we could use in aCute?

Here is what I could find after lots of googling:

• https://gist.github.com/CADbloke/5493663
• https://github.com/rzhw/language-sln/blob/master/grammars/sln.cson

[wcdeich4]

Oh yeah, @omajid is correct. I was thinking of the .csproj files.