json-mode.el

Major mode for editing JSON files.

Extends the builtin js-mode to add better syntax highlighting for JSON and some nice editing keybindings.

Install

M-x package-install json-mode

You need to have the MELPA repository or MELPA Stable repository enabled in emacs for this to work.

Default Keybindings

• C-c C-f: format the region/buffer with json-reformat (https://github.com/gongo/json-reformat)
• C-c C-p: display a path to the object at point with json-snatcher (https://github.com/Sterlingg/json-snatcher)
• C-c P: copy a path to the object at point to the kill ring with json-snatcher (https://github.com/Sterlingg/json-snatcher)
• C-c C-t: Toggle between true and false at point
• C-c C-k: Replace the sexp at point with null
• C-c C-i: Increment the number at point
• C-c C-d: Decrement the number at point

Indent Width

See https://github.com/gongo/json-reformat#configuration for details on setting the indent width.

License

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.