Quickstart

1. Install Go 1.26+

2. Install the Lisette compiler

   curl

   curl -fsSL https://lisette.run/install.sh | sh

   curl -fsSL \
     https://lisette.run/install.sh \
     | sh

   View install script
   homebrew

   brew install lisette

   mise

   mise use -g lisette

   cargo

   cargo install lisette

3. Install the Lisette IDE extension

   Zed

   Install the extension from the Zed extension registry

   VSCode

   Install the extension from the VSCode marketplace

   Neovim

   With lazy.nvim, add this plugin spec:

   {
     "ivov/lisette",
     event = "VeryLazy",
     config = function(plugin)
       vim.opt.rtp:prepend(plugin.dir .. "/editors/nvim")
       dofile(plugin.dir .. "/editors/nvim/ftdetect/lisette.lua")
       dofile(plugin.dir .. "/editors/nvim/plugin/lisette.lua")
     end,
   }

   Otherwise, clone the Lisette repo and add to your init.lua:

   vim.opt.rtp:prepend("/path/to/lisette/editors/nvim")

   JetBrains

   Install the extension from the JetBrains Marketplace

   Cursor

   Install the extension from the Open VSX Registry

   Helix

   Add to your languages.toml config:

   [language-server.lisette-lsp]
   command = "lis"
   args = ["lsp"]
   
   [[language]]
   name = "lisette"
   scope = "source.lisette"
   injection-regex = "lis|lisette"
   file-types = ["lis"]
   roots = ["lisette.toml"]
   auto-format = true
   comment-tokens = ["//", "///", "//!"]
   language-servers = ["lisette-lsp"]
   indent = { tab-width = 2, unit = "  " }
   
   [[grammar]]
   name = "lisette"
   
   [grammar.source]
   git = "https://github.com/ivov/lisette"
   rev = "121e5eaddac4a0c7818ed4777cfdbdde2df0a786"
   subpath = "editors/tree-sitter-lisette"

   Emacs

   Use the community lisette-ts-mode package

   Sublime Text

   Configure the LSP client to run lis lsp for *.lis files.

Next steps

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