IntelliJ IDEA 2016.3.3: Don't see a way to add Ansible support to existing project

[jFrenetic]

Preconditions:

• IntelliJ IDEA 2016.3.3;
• YAML/Ansible support plugin v.0.9.4;
• YAML support v. 163.11103.6

Steps to reproduce:

• Open existing project containing Ansible YAML sources;

Expected result:

• YAML/Ansible support is added and some basic features are activated, such as a) quick documentation; b) go to declaration; 3) other features, shown in README

Actual result:

• No YAML/Ansible support is added;
• Project Structure shows 1 problem: "Project X: project SDK is not defined" (not sure if I need any SDK, since the project only contains Ansible YAML files.

What I've tried:

• went to Project Structure and tried to add an Ansible Facet, but couldn't find any;

[jFrenetic]

Looks like Ansible support is not activated, because *.yml and *.yaml file types are already registered to be opened with YAML plugin. I think the proper way to fix this would be to add Ansible Facet, which could either be added manually or detected automatically, based on the root directory name.

[vermut]

Would you like to help me with that?

[jFrenetic]

@vermut I guess, depending on which kind of help you need. Not too experienced with IntelliJ plugin API.

[jonnyzzz]

Is it possible to use IJ's YAML plugin if it is available? It is possible to inject anything you need to existing language too via the API

[jonnyzzz]

BTW. I was really missing a warning message from the plugin that I was having standard YAML plugin enabled. It was unclear to me why the Ansible support was disabled. Could you please consider showing a warning with the link to the bug

[ElijahLynn]

Also 2017.1. I just removed the non-Ansible Yaml plugin for now but would love to see this come along. At the very least warn people when they have the conflicting plugin installed.

[jkonieczny]

It would be great to have it resolved - the non-Ansible YAML plugin is required by Python plugin, so it seems no way to have Python and Ansible support at the same time. (2017.1)

[vermut]

Is it possible to use IJ's YAML plugin if it is available? It is possible to inject anything you need to existing language too via the API

@jonnyzzz I see you working at JetBrains. I've been struggling for years to find a way to "inject anything" from mere Jinja to Ansible Vault values.

Can point me to a good example which demonstrates this feature? For example, I want to "extend" HTML so "A" tags would be processed separately by my plugin.

[jonnyzzz]

I'm not IJ developer, but I asked them for samples, you may consider
https://github.com/zalando/intellij-swagger
or
https://github.com/shalupov/idea-cloudformation

[vermut]

Wow. That could seriously change things. Thank you.

(Are there any other insider benefits you can get me? Like private dinner with TemplateLanguage class dev? :) )

[vermut]

But wait. I just realized - the main problem is Jinja. Adding features to existing language is not a big deal, it's Jinja templating which makes things bad.

My idea is multi-layer parser like this:

1. Jinja - Vars and statements are pre-parsed with lorem ipsum values to generate some code
2. PGP - attempt to decode encoded blocks
3. Yaml - just Yaml, maybe even built-in
4. Ansible - ref/validation

Can you get me in touch with someone who can give me pointers? IRC/Skype/Phone/RL?

[vermut]

(Maybe related reading - https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115000084870-How-Can-I-prevent-FragmentElementType-from-affect-native-HTML-parsing- )

[jonnyzzz]

Unfortunately, I have no experience on the topic. It may also be helpful to check the forum
https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/community/topics/200366979-IntelliJ-IDEA-Open-API-and-Plugin-Development
Theoretically, you may have an (optional?) dependency on Python plugin / PyCharm to have Jinja supported.

[existme]

I tried with Intellij 2017.2. yaml files are not still being parsed although I disabled the internal yaml plugin. It seems this issue has been hanging for quite a long time.

[ilyesAj]

any updates ?

[ZILosoft]

yes. any updates?