If you add more editor support, don't forget to add it to the [FAQ](https://github.com/Araq/Nim/blob/devel/web/question.rst) as well. The following editors have some Nim support: ### Visual Studio Code aka VSCode * https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=kosz78.nim (Nim Extension) * Syntax Highlight (nim, nims, nimble, nim.cfg) * Code Completion * Goto Definition * Find References * File outline * Lint-on-save (optional) * Build-on-save and / or hotkey (optional) * Workspace symbol search * Related extensions and information for Nim with VSCode * https://code.visualstudio.com (editor homepage) * https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=oderwat.indent-rainbow (indent visualizer) * https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=mattn.Runner (code runner) * https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=webfreak.debug (debugger) * http://forum.nim-lang.org/t/2061 (Nim Forum Thread) ### Emacs * https://github.com/nim-lang/nim-mode (requires emacs 24.4) * https://github.com/jameshfisher/nimrod-mode (works with emacs 23 too, as of 2014-02-15) ### Vim * https://github.com/zah/nim.vim/ * Syntax Highlighting * Auto-indent * Build/Jump to errors within Vim * Project Navigation and Jump to Definition (using the Ctags support listed below or [Nim's idetools](http://nim-lang.org/idetools.html) command) * https://github.com/baabelfish/nvim-nim A very new plugin for Vim and Neovim, still in heavy development. * https://github.com/alaviss/nim.nvim An experimental plugin targeting Neovim (no Vim support) featuring: * Semantic syntax highlighting * Go to definition * Auto-completion * Section movements * Auto-indent * Code folding * http://gradha.github.io/articles/2014/02/invoking-dash-from-the-command-line-vim.html Instructions to map Vim's ``K`` letter to look up documentation under MacOSX using [Dash](http://forum.nim-lang.org/t/330). * https://github.com/w0rp/ale (Asynchronous Lint Engine) * General lint/syntax-check plugin * Supports running `nim check` on save by default * Only works with Vim8 and neovim since it uses async features ### Textadept * https://github.com/xomachine/textadept-nim A very new plugin for [Textadept](https://foicica.com/textadept/) ### LiClipse * http://www.liclipse.com LiClipse is a plugin for Eclipse (which also provides a standalone version for convenience) which provides Nim support providing syntax-highlighting, outline, comment/uncomment (ctrl+/), select/deselect scope (Shift+Alt+Up/Down), auto-indent, mark occurrences, user templates, multiple cursors (Ctrl+K or Ctrl+Alt+mouse select) and indent guides. ### Scite Recent versions of Scite have out-of-the-box support for Nim. For older versions:
http://sourceforge.net/p/scintilla/scite/ci/default/tree/src/nimrod.properties?format=raw To enable nim, edit the global config file: *(from http://forum.nim-lang.org/t/312)* * remove nimrod from the list in `imports.exclude=(...lots of stuff)` * edit `source.files` to make scintilla recognise .nim ### Aporia Aporia is a Nim IDE written in Nim. https://github.com/nim-lang/Aporia/ ### Visual Studio https://github.com/Gravityzwell/NimStudio ### LightTable https://github.com/zah/nim.lt/ ### Atom * https://github.com/russpowers/nim-atom * Autocomplete * Linting/Error Checking (on file save or on-the-fly) * Jump-to-definition * Syntax highlighting * https://github.com/zah/nim.atom/ ### Gedit/Other GtkSourceView editors There is a .lang file for gedit [here](https://github.com/nim-lang/Aporia/blob/master/share/gtksourceview-2.0/language-specs/nim.lang) ### Geany There is a [pull request](https://github.com/geany/geany/pull/193) to provide Nim support in [Geany](http://www.geany.org). ### Ctags Basic ```~/.ctags``` rules for Nim code (Feel free to improve and contribute) Don't use this if possible, [Nim idetools](http://nim-lang.org/docs/idetools.html) provides better results. ``` --langdef=nim --langmap=nim:.nim --regex-nim=/(\w+)\*?\s*=\s*object/\1/t,class/ --regex-nim=/(\w+)\*?\s*=\s*enum/\1/t,enum/ --regex-nim=/(\w+)\*?\s*=\s*tuple/\1/t,tuple/ --regex-nim=/(\w+)\*?\s*=\s*range/\1/t,subrange/ --regex-nim=/(\w+)\*?\s*=\s*proc/\1/t,proctype/ --regex-nim=/proc\s+(\w+)/\1/f,procedure/ --regex-nim=/method\s+(\w+)/\1/f,method/ --regex-nim=/proc\s+`([^`]+)`/\1/o,operator/ --regex-nim=/template\s+(\w+)/\1/t,template/ --regex-nim=/macro\s+(\w+)/\1/m,macro/ ``` Alternatively, there's a native tags generator specifically for Nim: https://bitbucket.org/nimcontrib/ntags ### jEdit https://github.com/exhu/nimrod-misc/tree/master/jedit ### Sublime * https://github.com/Varriount/NimLime **NimLime** is a Sublime Text plugin that supports: * Syntax highlighting * Go to definition * Error checking and highlighting through the compiler * Completion suggestions though the compiler * Babel package manager interaction * https://github.com/leonardoce/nimrod-sublime ### Kate Syntax highlighting: https://github.com/PhilipWitte/NimKate ### TextMate Available from the bundle installer in preferences ([repository](https://github.com/textmate/nim.tmbundle)). ### QtCreator Enable the experimental plugin 'Nim' from the menu Help -> About Plugin.. Support * Syntax Highlighting * Debugging * Simple project handling ### KDevelop https://github.com/xyz32/KDevelop-template Demo: https://vimeo.com/135918228 KDevelop templates for Nim project and Nim file: * Project management (build/run configuration) * New nim file * Debug with gdb (You will need to uncomment the debug flag in the nim.cfg file) * Syntax Highlighting (Needs [Kate syntax highlighting](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/wiki/Editor-Support#kate)). Make sure you have both Nim and Nimble installed. ### Howl http://howl.io Recent versions of Howl have built-in Nim syntax highlighting. ### Micro https://github.com/zyedidia/micro Has built-in Nim syntax highlighting ### Notepad++ Support Nim syntax highlighting and code folding via a plugin written entirely in Nim!. * Download available [here](https://github.com/jangko/nppnim/releases) * Source code available [here](https://github.com/jangko/nppnim) ### Code::Blocks [Pull request](https://sourceforge.net/p/codeblocks/tickets/657/) with the description of how to apply the attached settings locally to enable the Nim syntax highlighting. ### Kakoune http://kakoune.org/ Has built-in Nim syntax highlighting and external linting support using Nim check with this [hook](https://gist.github.com/Clyybber/8861110a55f63ef1c255b26dbabfec1c)