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I think one tool to rule them all is a bit ambitious. There are a lot of languages to cover. I think a non-code formatter could be a good idea though. Particul

I think one tool to rule them all is a bit ambitious. There are a lot of languages to cover. I think a non-code formatter could be a good idea though. Particularly normalising over the various dialects of Markdown. If it doesn't exist, perhaps you should build it yourself? The easiest way to build a CLI tool as a static binary is probably with Go, although I'm not a big fan of the language. Perhaps this could be a chance to try your hand at Rust.

aliasxneo 4y ago
I wouldn't really trust a "one to rule them all" tool. As you said, though, I do think there is a practical use to not having a markdown, yaml, and JSON formatter all as separate tools. Maybe even through in HCL as an added bonus. I've already built something with Rust (https://github.com/jmgilman/vaultrs https://github.com/jmgilman/vaultrs). I suppose I'll add it to my never-ending list of projects if I can't find something :)
verdverm 4y ago
With the increased adoption of treesitter and LSP, we should be optimistic that we can get to a single tool for highlights and indents. Essentially a common format had been defined and a lot of languages are already covered