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GO layer

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1 Description

This layer adds extensive support for go.

1.1 Features:

  • gofmt/goimports on file save
  • Auto-completion using go-autocomplete (with the auto-completion layer)
  • Source analysis using go-oracle
  • Linting with flycheck's built-in checkers or flycheck-gometalinter
  • Coverage profile visualization

2 Install

2.1 Pre-requisites

You will need gocode and godef:

go get -u -v github.com/nsf/gocode
go get -u -v github.com/rogpeppe/godef
go get -u -v golang.org/x/tools/cmd/oracle
go get -u -v golang.org/x/tools/cmd/gorename
go get -u -v golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports

If you wish to use gometalinter set the value of go-use-gometalinter to t:

(go :variables go-use-gometalinter t)

and install the tool:

go get -u -v github.com/alecthomas/gometalinter
gometalinter --install --update

For more information read gometalinter README.md and flycheck-gometalinter README.md

Make sure that gocode executable is in your PATH. For information about setting up $PATH, check out the corresponding section in the FAQ (SPC h SPC $PATH RET).

For best results, make sure that the auto-completion and syntax-checking layers are enabled as well.

2.2 Layer

To use this configuration layer, add it to your ~/.spacemacs. You will need to add go to the existing dotspacemacs-configuration-layers list in this file.

3 Configuration

By default, go buffers are run through gofmt on save. To use a different formatter, set the value of gofmt-command, e.g.

(setq gofmt-command "goimports")

or

(go :variables gofmt-command "goimports")

3.1 Indentation

By default, the tab width in Go mode is 8 spaces. To use a different value set the layer variable go-tab-width, e.g.

(go :variables go-tab-width 4)

3.2 Tests

If you're using gocheck in your project you can use the go-use-gocheck-for-testing variable to enable suite testing and to get single function testing to work.

go-coverage-display-buffer-func controls how go-coverage should display the coverage buffer. See display-buffer for a list of possible functions. The default value is display-buffer-reuse-window.

4 Working with Go

4.1 Go commands (start with m):

Key Binding Description
SPC m h h godoc at point
SPC m i g goto imports
SPC m i a add import
SPC m i r remove unused import
SPC m e b go-play buffer
SPC m e r go-play region
SPC m e d download go-play snippet
SPC m x x run "go run" for the current 'main' package
SPC m g a jump to matching test file or back from test to code file
SPC m g c open a clone of the current buffer with a coverage info (go tool cover -h for help)
SPC m g g go jump to definition
SPC m r n go rename
SPC m t p run "go test" for the current package
SPC m t P run "go test" for the current package and all packages under it
SPC m t t run "go test" for the function you're currently in (while you're in a _.test.go file)
SPC m t s run "go test" for the suite you're currently in (requires gocheck)

4.2 Go Oracle

Key Binding Description
SPC m r o go-oracle set analysis scope
SPC m r < go-oracle show possible callers
SPC m r > go-oracle show call targets
SPC m r c go-oracle show channel sends/receives
SPC m r d go-oracle show definition
SPC m r f go-oracle show free variables
SPC m r g go-oracle show callgraph
SPC m r i go-oracle show implements relation
SPC m r p go-oracle show what the select expression points to
SPC m r r go-oracle show all references to object
SPC m r s go-oracle show callstack
SPC m r t go-oracle describe selected syntax, kind, type and methods

Author: Sylvain Benner

Created: 2016-10-03 Mon 00:56

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