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Smalisp

Abhi S

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Smali language support for vscode
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smalisp

A very simple language server for smali with definition support & auto-completion.

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Installation

pip

pip install -U smalisp

From source

pip install -U git+https://github.com/AbhiTheModder/smalisp.git

Extensions & Setup

Zed Extension (Local Development)

Prerequisites: Zed editor installed.

  • Extension path: extensions/zed.
  1. Open the Extensions page in Zed.
  2. Click the Install Dev Extension button (or run the zed: Install Dev Extension command).
  3. Select the directory containing your Zed extension (the folder that contains the manifest and source).

Reference: https://zed.dev/docs/extensions/developing-extensions#developing-an-extension-locally

Note: These dev extensions are not yet officially accepted in the Zed extension registry; acceptance is expected soon.

VSCode Extension (Local Development)

Prerequisites: VSCode installed.

  • Extension path: extensions/vscode.
  1. Build or obtain the VSIX package for the extension from the releases page of this repository.
  2. In VSCode, go to Extensions view, click the three-dot menu, choose Install from VSIX..., and select the downloaded .vsix file.
  3. Alternatively, run code --install-extension path/to/extension.vsix from the terminal.

Note: The VSCode extension is not yet published in the official VSCode Marketplace; use local VSIX for testing.

Helix

  • Prerequisites: Helix installed.

Install/ensure smalisp is installed in your Python environment (e.g. pip install -U smalisp). Then edit ~/.config/helix/languages.toml and add the following:

[language-server.smalisp]
command = "smalisp" # Or path to smalisp binary

[[language]]
name = "smali"
language-servers = [ "smalisp" ]
  • Official integration PR for Helix has been submitted; Smalisp should be available out-of-the-box soon.

Vim/NeoVim

  • Associate smali filetype with file extensions:
autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.smali setlocal filetype=smali
  • In order to install syntax highlighting declare it with your plugin manager (for example vim-plug):
Plug 'Snape3058/vim-smali'
  • coc.vim
Plug 'neoclide/coc.nvim', {'branch': 'release'}
{
 "languageserver": {
  "smalisp": {
   "command": "smalisp",
   "filetypes": ["smali"]
  }
 }
}
  • vim-lsp
Plug 'prabirshrestha/vim-lsp'

autocmd User lsp_setup call lsp#register_server({
    \ 'name': 'smalisp',
    \ 'cmd': {server_info->['smalisp']},
    \ 'whitelist': ['smali'],
})

Emacs (lsp-mode)

  • Prerequisites: Emacs with lsp-mode and eglot options.
  • Setup: enable lsp for smali-mode and configure the server to run smalisp.
  • See lsp-mode docs for exact config syntax.
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