Rustic
Table of Contents
- Rustic
Intro
This package is based on rust-mode and provides additional features:
- cargo popup
- multiline error parsing
- translation of ANSI control sequences through xterm-color
- async org babel
- automatic LSP configuration with eglot or lsp-mode
- cask for testing
- etc.
rustic only shares the rust-mode code from rust-mode.el and rust-utils.el. The other files provide functionality that is similar to some of the features of rustic, however can be considered light-weight compared to some rustic's functionality.
The shared functions and options exist as aliases in the rust-mode and rustic namespace for backwards compatibility reasons(rustic has been a fork).
Known issues
rust-syntax-propertize
andadaptive-wrap-prefix-mode
can lead to severe lag when editing larger files (#107)
Installation
First, you may need to install rust-analyzer
. See Automatic server installation.
If you can't run rust-analyzer or cargo can't be found, your environment variables probably don't work in emacs. Try exec-path-from-shell to fix this.
package
This section explains how to install rustic with the default package manager. It's necessary to include elpa for a package dependency:
(require 'package)
(setq package-archives '(("melpa" . "http://melpa.org/packages/")
("gnu" . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")))
(package-initialize)
(package-refresh-contents)
(use-package rustic)
If ‘spinner-1.7.3’ is unavailable” when trying to install rustic, you need to update GPG keys used by the ELPA package manager. Try installing gnu-elpa-keyring-update.
straight
straight.el clones each of your packages directly from its source. There are good additional installation instructions for moving your package management from package.el to straight.
remote
rustfmt and most of the common cargo commands should work remotely. We are currently updating the code base. If you encounter any command that doesn't work remotely, please open an issue.
Compilation
If you want to use a Makefile you can either use (setq rustic-compile-command "make")
or run C-u
+ rustic-compile
.
Commands:
rustic-compile
compile project usingrustic-compile-command
rustic-recompile
recompile usingcompilation-arguments
rustic-compile-send-input
send string to process of current buffer
Customization:
rustic-compile-display-method
choose function that displays the compilation buffer (use the functionignore
, if you don't want the buffer to be displayed)rustic-compile-backtrace
change backtrace verbosityrustic-compile-rustflags
set RUSTFLAGSrustic-compile-command
default command for rust compilationrustic-compile-command-remote
default command for remote rust compilation
Supported compile.el variables:
- compilation-arguments
- compilation-scroll-output (possible values are
t
for automatic scrolling andfirst-error
to scroll to first error)
Navigating errors
Rustic defines a derived compilation-mode. Colors can be customized
with several defcustoms. You can use next-error
and
compilation-next-error
as for any other compilation buffer.
However it's possible to also jump to line numbers that are displayed
at the beginning of a line. This feature is provided by a hook around
compile-goto-error
(RET
).
default directory
rustic-compile-directory-method
allows you to set the directory that
is used for compilation commands. The default is the current crate
which is returned by rustic-buffer-crate
(there's also
rustic-buffer-workspace
).
If you want to use the project root you can use rustic-project-root
instead.
FTR #174 #179 #236
Faces
The colors that are displayed in compilation buffers come from cargo
and are translated by xterm-color. You can change these colors by
modifying rustic-ansi-faces
.
rustic-compilation-mode
doesn't use the default faces of
compile.el. If you want to change these colors you can use something
similar to:
(custom-set-faces
'(rustic-compilation-column ((t (:inherit compilation-column-number))))
'(rustic-compilation-line ((t (:foreground "LimeGreen")))))
Additional faces:
rustic-message
rustic-compilation-error
rustic-compilation-warning
rustic-compilation-info
rustc errors
Rustfmt
Ensure rustfmt is installed by running rustup component add rustfmt-preview
in your project's directory.
You can format your code with:
rustic-format-buffer
format buffer with stdinrustic-format-file
format file and revert bufferrustic-cargo-fmt
run cargo-fmt on workspacerustic-format-region
format active regionrustic-format-dwim
run format on region,file or cargo fmt
Rustic uses the function rustic-save-some-buffers
for saving buffers
before compilation.
To save buffers automatically, you can change the value of
compilation-ask-about-save
, it has higher precedence than
buffer-save-without-query
when compiling.
(defun rustic-mode-auto-save-hook ()
"Enable auto-saving in rustic-mode buffers."
(when buffer-file-name
(setq-local compilation-ask-about-save nil)))
(add-hook 'rustic-mode-hook 'rustic-mode-auto-save-hook)
Customization:
rustic-rustfmt-bin
path to rustfmt executablerustic-rustfmt-bin-remote
default path to remote rustfmt executablerustic-rustfmt-args
additional args like +nightlyrustic-rustfmt-config-alist
alist of rustfmt configuration optionsrustic-format-display-method
default function used for displaying rustfmt buffer (use the functionignore
, if you don't want the buffer to be displayed)rustic-format-on-save-method
function to use for on-save formattingrustic-format-trigger
'on-save
format buffer before saving'on-compile
run 'cargo fmt' before compilationnil
don't format automatically
rustic-use-rust-save-some-buffers
turn on to use automatic formatting forsave-some-buffers
known issues:
in case you are using hideshow you might want to set rustic-format-on-save-method
to rustic-format-buffer
(#274)
Change default arguments
If you want to configure the following rustfmt call
rustfmt +nightly --config hard_tabs=true --config skip_children=false main.rs
you can use
(setq rustic-rustfmt-args "+nightly")
(setq rustic-rustfmt-config-alist '((hard_tabs . t) (skip_children . nil)))
edition 2018
If you are struggling with errors relating to the Rust edition in
Cargo.toml
, this may in fact be a problem with rustfmt
and its
default settings. To solve this, even though the error message
mentions Cargo.toml
, you have to put edition = "2018"
in a
rustfmt.toml
. See here for more
info.
remote
Currently only rustic-format-buffer
works remotely.
rustic-rustfmt-bin
needs to be an absolute path to work remotely.
LSP
Disable rustic-lsp-setup-p
to turn off automatic LSP configuration.
If you want to turn off LSP temporarily you can set
rustic-lsp-client
to nil. You have to restart emacs when you switch
lsp clients.
Don't forget that rustic doesn't contain the code for interacting with lsp servers. Therefore most issues are not related to rustic, but to the lsp client or server you are using.
Server
rust-analyzer is the default and can be changed to rls if required (Note that rls
is deprecated and is slated to be removed). lsp-mode related code was
moved to the lsp-mode repo. rustic-lsp-server
sets the value of
lsp-rust-server
.
Change rust-analyzer path.
(setq rustic-analyzer-command '("~/.cargo/bin/rust-analyzer"))
If you are using rustup to manage your rust-analyzer, you would
have to configure like this to make it work with use-package
:
(use-package rustic
:custom
(rustic-analyzer-command '("rustup" "run" "stable" "rust-analyzer")))
Automatic server installation
lsp-mode provides this feature, but eglot doesn't #403
Install rust-analyzer manually.
Client
The default package is lsp-mode
. But you can also use eglot
.
(setq rustic-lsp-client 'eglot)
LSP commands:
xref-find-definitions
find definitionsxref-find-references
with helm and rust-analyzerrustic-cargo-add-missing-dependencies
convenient command that adds missing dependencies to a crate's Cargo.toml
eglot
Turn off flymake.
(add-hook 'eglot--managed-mode-hook (lambda () (flymake-mode -1)))
lsp-mode
lsp-describe-thing-at-point
display documentationlsp-find-definition
makes use of xref
You can find more information in the lsp-mode documentation for Rust.
lsp-execute-code-action
This command can be extremely convenient when applying code actions or using auto-imports.
Run lsp-execute-code-action
when lsp-ui displays code actions at the
top of the sideline.
Applying code actions
Auto import
Macro expansion
lsp-rust-analyzer-expand-macro
expand macro call at point
recursively.
The results are formatted and highlighted by default, but you can use
your own function by customizing
lsp-rust-analyzer-macro-expansion-method
.
LSP + TRAMP
rust-analyzer
does work over TRAMP, but you have to register the client
manually:
(with-eval-after-load "lsp-rust"
(lsp-register-client
(make-lsp-client
:new-connection (lsp-stdio-connection
(lambda ()
`(,(or (executable-find
(cl-first lsp-rust-analyzer-server-command))
(lsp-package-path 'rust-analyzer)
"rust-analyzer")
,@(cl-rest lsp-rust-analyzer-server-args))))
:remote? t
:major-modes '(rust-mode rustic-mode)
:initialization-options 'lsp-rust-analyzer--make-init-options
:notification-handlers (ht<-alist lsp-rust-notification-handlers)
:action-handlers (ht ("rust-analyzer.runSingle" #'lsp-rust--analyzer-run-single))
:library-folders-fn (lambda (_workspace) lsp-rust-library-directories)
:after-open-fn (lambda ()
(when lsp-rust-analyzer-server-display-inlay-hints
(lsp-rust-analyzer-inlay-hints-mode)))
:ignore-messages nil
:server-id 'rust-analyzer-remote)))
If you have Emacs 28, due to some compatibility issues, you might have to additionally use:
(defun start-file-process-shell-command@around (start-file-process-shell-command name buffer &rest args)
"Start a program in a subprocess. Return the process object for it. Similar to `start-process-shell-command', but calls `start-file-process'."
;; On remote hosts, the local `shell-file-name' might be useless.
(let ((command (mapconcat 'identity args " ")))
(funcall start-file-process-shell-command name buffer command)))
(advice-add 'start-file-process-shell-command :around #'start-file-process-shell-command@around)
(thanks to emacs-lsp/lsp-mode#2514 (comment))
You'll have to have rust-analyzer
already installed on the target machine.
Detached file
This is an early experimental feature, and is disabled by default.
Source files not belonging to any crate, or detached source files,
are supported by rust-analyzer, and this feature can be enabled via
rustic-enable-detached-file-support
. (Currently, only eglot is
supported.)
Caveat: Due to some current limitations, you should avoid opening a detached file in a large directory with this feature enabled.
Cargo
Since the cargo commands also use the derived compilation mode, you can use the commands that are mentioned in the "compilation" section.
Customization:
rustic-cargo-bin
Path to cargo executablerustic-cargo-bin-remote
Path to remote cargo executablerustic-cargo-build-arguments
default arguments for cargo buildrustic-cargo-check-arguments
default arguments for cargo checkrustic-cargo-auto-add-missing-dependencies
automatically add missing dependencies to Cargo.toml by checking new diagnostics for 'unresolved import' errorsrustic-cargo-use-last-stored-arguments
always use stored arguments that were provided withC-u
(instead of requiring to run rustic "rerun" commands)
Edit
cargo-edit provides commands to edit your dependencies quickly.
The rustic commands can be called with prefix C-u
if you want to
modify the parameters of a command.
rustic-cargo-add
Add crate to Cargo.toml using 'cargo add'rustic-cargo-rm
Remove crate from Cargo.toml using 'cargo rm'rustic-cargo-upgrade
Upgrade dependencies as specified in the local manifest file using 'cargo upgrade'rustic-cargo-add-missing-dependencies
Add the missing dependencies for the current buffer toCargo.toml
Test
If you want to disable warnings when running cargo-test commands, you can set
(setq rustic-cargo-test-disable-warnings t)
.
Commands:
rustic-cargo-nextest-exec-command
command for running nextest
rustic-cargo-test
run 'cargo test', when called with C-u
store
arguments in rustic-test-arguments
rustic-cargo-test-rerun
rerun 'cargo test' with arguments stored in
rustic-test-arguments
rustic-cargo-current-test
run test at point, whether it's a function or a module
Run
Based on the usecase, we provide three variants of it:
rustic-cargo-run
This is meant for non interactive programs. It's creates a new mode
which is built on top of rustic-compilation-mode
. You can press g
in this mode's buffer to make it re-run.
rustic-cargo-comint-run
This is meant for both interactive and non interactive programs. For
non interactive programs, you would need to pass data to it via stdin.
It's creates a new mode which is built on top of comint-mode
. You
can press C-c C-g
in this mode's buffer to make it re-run. You can
pass input to the program directly in it's output buffer and press RET
.
rustic-cargo-plain-run
This is similar to the above rustic-cargo-comint-run
. Input can be
sent to the program in one of two ways:
rustic-compile-send-input
, which reads the input from the minibuffer.rustic-cargo-run-use-comint
: when this variable is set to t, the input can be typed directly into the output buffer of 'cargo run' and sent off withRET
, just like incomint-mode
. You need polymode installed for this to work.
Outdated
Use rustic-cargo-outdated
to get a list of dependencies that are out
of date. The results are displayed in tabulated-list-mode
and you
can use most commands you know from the emacs package menu. This
option requires the rust package cargo-outdated
to be installed
before being used.
u
mark single crate for upgrade and prompt user for version.U
mark all upgradable crates.l
mark single crate for upgrading to latest version.L
mark all crates to latest version.m
remove markx
perform marked package menu actionsr
refresh crate listq
quit window
Expand
cargo-expand provides the ability to expand macros. It also
provides the ability to target a specific modules or a named item
within a module (eg: module::Type
).
rustic-cargo-expand
: runscargo expand
. You can also use universal argument to target a specific named item to expand.
Spellcheck
cargo spellcheck checks the documentation for spelling and grammar mistakes.
rustic-cargo-spellcheck
: runscargo spellcheck
and will open a buffer where you can go through the various errors pointed out by it.
More cargo commands
rustic-cargo-init
run 'cargo init' to initialize a directoryrustic-cargo-new
use 'cargo new' to create a new packagerustic-cargo-bench
run 'cargo bench' for the current projectrustic-cargo-build-doc
build the documentation for the current projectrustic-cargo-doc
open the documentation for the current project in a browserrustic-cargo-lints
called withrustic-lints-arguments
rustic-cargo-install
run 'cargo install' on the current package.rustic-cargo-update
runcargo update
on the current package.
Clippy
Currently cargo does not display the correct installation command for
some toolchains when clippy isn't installed. If you have problems try
it with rustup component add --toolchain nightly clippy
.
You can change the parameters rustic-default-clippy-arguments
that
default to "--benches --tests --all-features".
auto-fixing before compilation
It's possible to run 'clippy --fix' automatically when starting a compile
process by setting rustic-cargo-clippy-trigger-fix
to 'on-compile
.
You can also use 'on-save
, but this doesn't work in combination with
automatic formatting.
This feature can be used in combination with auto-formatting.
Works for:
rustic-cargo-build
rustic-compile
rustic-recompile
Commands
rustic-cargo-clippy
to view the results in a derived compilation moderustic-cargo-clippy-fix
run 'clippy fix' usingrustic-cargo-clippy-fix-args
the default value is "--allow-dirty"
Flycheck
In case you want to use clippy with flycheck but without LSP, you can activate
this checker and use the command flycheck-list-errors
(push 'rustic-clippy flycheck-checkers)
Turn off flycheck.
(remove-hook 'rustic-mode-hook 'flycheck-mode)
The checker automatically detects the active toolchain and applies the correct parameters. You can set a default value for both stable and nightly toolchains. These are the default values.
rustic-flycheck-clippy-params-stable
"--message-format=json"rustic-flycheck-clippy-params-nightly
"--message-format=json -Zunstable-options"
lsp-mode
If you are using lsp-mode
with rust-analyzer, you can set
lsp-rust-analyzer-cargo-watch-command
to clippy instead of
activating the checker rustic-clippy
.
Org-babel
Intro
Blocks run asynchronously and a running babel process is indicated by
a spinner in the mode-line. It's possible to use crates in babel
blocks. Execute babel block with org-babel-execute-src-block
.
Supported org babel parameters:
Write to file :results file :file ~/babel-output
Customization:
rustic-babel-format-src-block
format block after successful buildrustic-babel-display-compilation-buffer
display compilation buffer of babel processrustic-babel-auto-wrap-main
wrap body into main functionrustic-babel-default-toolchain
active toolchain for babel blocks
lsp-mode
You can use lsp in babel blocks with lsp-org
.
Commands
rustic-babel-format-block
format block at pointrustic-babel-header-insert-crates
include missing dependencies in:crates
header argrustic-babel-visit-project
find generated project of block at pointrustic-babel-clippy
run clippy on block(currently doesn't honor babel params, you can open a feature request if you miss it)
Parameters
:crates
This block shows how to use crates with the latest version for both serde and regex.
The "*" will be added automatically for serde.
#+BEGIN_SRC rust :crates '(serde (regex . *))
extern crate regex;
extern crate serde;
use regex::Regex;
fn main() {
let re = Regex::new(r"^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$").unwrap();
assert!(re.is_match("2014-01-01"));
}
#+END_SRC
:features
If specific crate features are required then these can be specified
with the :features
argument. Note that if it is just a single feature
then a string, instead of a list, will also be accepted:
#+BEGIN_SRC rust :crates '((tokio . 1.0)) :features '((tokio . ("rt-multi-thread" "time")))
extern crate tokio;
fn main() {
tokio::runtime::Runtime::new()
.unwrap()
.block_on(async {
tokio::time::sleep(tokio::time::Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
});
}
#+END_SRC
:paths
Similarly, to depend on local Rust crates, you can set the :paths
argument:
#+BEGIN_SRC rust :crates '((foo . 1.0)) :paths '((foo . "/home/you/code/foo"))
use foo::Foo;
fn main() {
// Your code.
}
#+END_SRC
:toolchain
You can specify the :toolchain
by quoted 'stable
/'nightly
/'beta
,
or specify a toolchain version like "1.63.0"
, "nightly-2022-08-08"
.
#+begin_src rust :toolchain 'nightly
fn main() {
let foo: String = vec!["a", "b", "c"].into_iter().intersperse(",").collect();
println!("{}", foo);
}
#+end_src
#+RESULTS:
: a,b,c
:main
Auto wrap whole block body in a fn main
function call if none
exists.
Since this is very handy in most code snippets, so the default value
is yes
. no
if you don't want this feature(for example, you don't
want regex search slow things down).
You can also set a default value by:
;; By setq this default to `nil`, you'll have to explict set params to ":main yes" in each block
(setq rustic-babel-auto-wrap-main nil)
#+begin_src rust :main yes
let x = vec![1, 2, 3].iter().map(|&x| x + 1).collect::<Vec<_>>();
println!("{:?}", x);
#+end_src
#+results:
: [2, 3, 4]
:include
This parameter allows you to run code that is located in different
babel blocks by using named blocks with the :include
keyword. This
feature only concats the blocks so you don't need to import the code
you want to use.
You can still use :main
to wrap the code of the main block.
#+name: b1
#+begin_src rust
pub fn b1_func() -> String {
String::from("b1 function called")
}
#+end_src
#+name: b2
#+begin_src rust
pub fn b2_func() -> String {
String::from("b2 function called")
}
#+end_src
#+begin_src rust :include '(b1 b2)
fn main() {
println!("{:?}", b1_func());
println!("{:?}", b2_func());
}
#+end_src
#+RESULTS:
: "b1 function called"
: "b2 function called"
:use
When using this keyword blocks are treated as modules. The files are generated automatically.
#+name: mymodule
#+begin_src rust
pub fn myfunc() -> String {
String::from("mymodule function called")
}
#+end_src
#+begin_src rust :use '(mymodule)
use mymodule::myfunc;
fn main() {
println!("{:?}", myfunc());
}
#+end_src
#+RESULTS:
: "mymodule function called"
envrc
To load your Rust toolchain via envrc, ensure that the inheritenv package is available before loading rustic, so that auxiliary rustic buffers acquire the correct environment to find the toolchain.
Spinner
In case you want to use a different spinner type you can modify
rustic-spinner-type
or turn it off completely with
rustic-display-spinner
.(Available spinner
types).
rust docs in org-mode
It is possible to read rust documentation inside Emacs! This currently requires LSP-mode and cargo. Unfortunately, this probably won't work on Windows.
Prerequisites
Required:
- pandoc preferably at least version 2.11, as it will give somewhat nicer generated documentation. Versions older than 2.9 may not work - if you're on a debian based distro installing through your regular repo might not work out.
- cargo
- cargo-makedocs
- fd-find Old versions, especially before 2.x, may not work. Install through Cargo if you're having issues.
Optional:
ripgrep
and helm-ag
are optional but highly recommended.
If only ripgrep is installed, it will be used with the emacs grep
command. In case neither is available, the emacs grep
command will
use grep
, like in the good old days.
When a required cargo package is missing you will be asked if you want to install them when running rustic-doc-setup.
Usage
- Enable
rustic-doc-mode
. - Run
rustic-doc-setup
to download files that rustic-doc needs to convert rust documentation and also convertstd
. - You can now convert package-specific documentation with
rustic-doc-convert-current-package
- Search the org files with
rustic-doc-search
(bound toC-#
by default) if you are inRust mode
,Rustic mode
orOrg mode
. If you hover over a symbol when you invoke the command,rustic-doc-search
will insert a default value. - Add
universal argument
to only search for level 1 headers like struct or enum names.
You can change the defaults by modifying
rustic-doc-rg-search-command
rustic-doc-search-function
Notes
- You should re-run
rustic-doc-setup
once in a while, to update the pandoc filter. - If rustic-doc does not find the documentation for something, the
first thing to do is check the project's
target/doc
folder for the corresponding.html-file
. If there is no file there, there is nothing for rustic-doc to convert. If there is a file there, please create an issue!
Popup
You can execute commands with rustic-popup
(call it with optional
argument C-u
to choose a directory). The list of commands can be
customized with rustic-popup-commands
. The command
rustic-popup-default-action
(RET
or TAB
) allows you to change:
RUST_BACKTRACE
environment variablecompilation-arguments
forrecompile
- arguments for
cargo test
If you want to close the popup after you ran a command you can set
rustic-kill-buffer-and-window
to t
.
View help buffer containing a command's flags with h
:
rust-mode
rustic-mode derives from rust-mode, however we replace default key bindings and some hooks.
There are also some additional commands:
rust-dbg-wrap-or-unwrap
Either remove or add the dbg! macrorust-toggle-mutability
Toggles the mutability of the variable defined on the current linerust-promote-module-into-dir
Promote the module file visited by the current buffer into its own directory
elisp tests
To run the tests, you will need Cask.
cask exec ert-runner
alternatively you can use make test
Contributing
PRs, feature requests and bug reports are very welcome. If you want to add a new feature please open an issue in advance so we can discuss the details.