tiancheng-luo / bmx-mode

Action-paced Windows Batch-file editing, powered by GNU Emacs!

bmx-mode

Action-paced Windows Batch-file editing, powered by GNU Emacs!

Batch Mode eXtras, or bmx for short is an Emacs-package which aims to extend Emacs' built in bat-mode, to improve editing of Windows Batch-files.

Features

The following features are currently provided:

• Code-completion for labels and environment-variables based on company-mode (C-.).
• Seamless code-navigation using established Emacs-conventions (M-, and M-.).
• Looking up references to any symbol (Shift-f12).
• Renaming of code-symbols (C-c C-r).
• Fixup file to use consistent casing and syntax for all variables and labels (C-c C-f).

Installation

bmx-mode is packaged and available from MELPA. Install it the usual way:

M-x package-install<RET>bmx-mode<RET>

Configuration/Customization

Install it and plug it into your .emacs and you should be done:

(require 'bmx-mode)
(bmx-mode-setup-defaults)

or use use-package:

(use-package bmx-mode
    :config (bmx-mode-setup-defaults))

No further configuration should be needed to work properly.

That said the following aspects can be customized using standard Emacs-customization (M-x customize-group<RET>bmx-mode).

• Toggle completion of system-variables (default off)

Status

While fully usable, this mode is currently under development and there may be bugs.

If so feel free to report them, or even better: Provide PRs!