Add color syntax for native functions

It would be nice to have color syntax for native functions, for example: Array.filter, Array.map, Promise.then, Promise.catch, Function.bind, and many more.

[pchaigno]

@bucaran Do you know if there's a list somewhere of these methods?

I could help you create a summary / or list if you need it, but we are looking at all the built-in JavaScript objects.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects

However, I noticed recently this:

obj.hello(...)
obj.call(...)
obj.bind(...)
my.little.obj.stuff()

• call should be blue and it is
• bind should be blue and it is, but that's a consequence of (see below)
• hello should not be blue, but it is
• the problem is better appreciated in the last example .little.obj should not be blue either.

[winstliu]

@bucaran that was a side effect of #158 which has since been reverted (Linguist is running on an older version of language-javascript right now). I'm hoping to bring it back with a few changes later this week. Do you have any suggestions as to how everything should be tokenized?

Ok, now I understand.

Well, for starters:

my.little.obj.stuff()

None of .little.obj.stuff() should be tokenized / be colored blue.

But in

window.document.getElementById("header")

every single one should be tokenized / be colored blue as they are built-in objects part of the DOM API.

[winstliu]

Aren't little and obj props though, and so shouldn't those get tokenized appropriately? (I realize they aren't right now, just asking :P)

As for stuff(), I do think that should still be colored because it's a method.

@50Wliu Sure. But that was not the behavior I was used to (for a long time). As far as I know, Atom as well as ST never colored methods or properties, but only JavaScript built-in methods/props. Thus, the purpose of the issue is to extend this list of recognized methods/props. 😄

[winstliu]

A big part of the reason I'm trying to get those tokenized is because of #137, but I'm definitely also 👍 on improving the builtin list!

Thanks! 👍