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Install the Tern plugin

Install the Elide plugin for Tern on macOS on Apple Silicon: verify and unpack the release, run the installer, check the install, update or remove it.

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The plugin is in preview for macOS on Apple Silicon. One release directory holds everything: the plugin, its broker and worker, an Elide runtime and the embedded SDK the notebook uses. Installing takes one checksum, one unpack and one script.

TernInstall the preview0:17Check and unpack the release, run its installer, and Tern lists the Elide plugin.

Requirements

RequirementNotes
macOS on Apple SiliconThe installer stops on any other platform.
Tern with the tern command on PATHThe preview is tested with Tern 0.9.12.
Elide 1.6.3 or newer on PATHOnly for commands you type in a Tern terminal. The plugin’s own views use the runtime in the release.

Download and install

Download elide-tern-0.1.0-preview.1-macos-arm64.tar.gz and SHA256SUMS from the preview release, then check and unpack them:

Terminal
bash
shasum -a 256 -c SHA256SUMS
tar -xzf elide-tern-0.1.0-preview.1-macos-arm64.tar.gz

Move elide-tern-0.1.0-preview.1-macos-arm64 to a permanent location and run the installer from inside it:

Terminal
bash
cd elide-tern-0.1.0-preview.1-macos-arm64
sh ./install.sh

The installer:

  1. Stops unless the machine is macOS on Apple Silicon and tern is on PATH.
  2. Stops with Incomplete release when the broker, worker, runtime, SDK or plugin is missing.
  3. Writes plugin/config.json pointing at the bundled SDK, broker and runtime, unless the file exists.
  4. Registers the plugin with tern plugin link <release>/plugin.

Tern links to the release directory instead of copying it, so keep the directory in place.

First launch

Run tern in a directory containing elide.pkl, or any directory below one:

Terminal
bash
cd my-project
tern

Open the command palette and choose Open project workspace. The workspace opens Files, an editor on elide.pkl, a terminal in the project root and the project toolbar; see Project workspace. Open REPL works without a project.

Check the install

CheckExpected
Status bar in a project terminalThe project’s name and Workspace.
runtime/bin/elide tern --help in the release directoryLists debug, project and repl.
elide tern --help in a Tern terminalThe same list: the elide on PATH draws Tern views.
elide test in a Tern terminalResults drawn inline in the pane, not printed lines.

When a check fails, see Troubleshooting.

Update or remove

TaskCommand
UpdateUnpack the new release in a separate directory and run its install.sh. Keep the old directory until its sessions close.
Removetern plugin unlink elide
Reset configurationDelete plugin/config.json in the release directory and rerun install.sh.

Next

Type elide test in a Tern terminal and watch the results draw in the pane, then take the tour of the Tern plugin.

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