https://github.com/njazz/qlfaust

QuickLook plugin for FAUST Programming Language
https://github.com/njazz/qlfaust

faust faust-language quicklook quicklook-extension

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QuickLook plugin for FAUST Programming Language

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/njazz/qlfaust
• Owner: njazz
• License: mit
• Created: 2025-03-16T19:34:13.000Z (3 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-04-03T21:10:31.000Z (about 2 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-03T22:23:38.030Z (about 2 months ago)
• Topics: faust, faust-language, quicklook, quicklook-extension
• Language: C
• Homepage:
• Size: 4.4 MB
• Stars: 6
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# QLFAUST

QuickLook plugin for FAUST Programming Language

![image](preview1.png "Preview")

![image](preview2.png "Preview")

## Features

- Syntax highlighting for **FAUST DSP code**.

- SVG Preview

- Audio Preview with UI

- Supports highlighting for:

  - **Keywords**: `process`, `let`, `import`, `component`, `where`, `letrec`, etc.

  - **Data types**: `int`, `float`.

  - **Strings**: Strings enclosed in double quotes.

  - **Numbers**: Integer and floating-point numbers.

  - **Faust Composition Operators**: `:<`, `:>`, `~`, `:`

  - **Mathematical operators**: `+`, `-`, `*`, `/`, etc.

  - **Comments**: Both line (`//`) and block (`/* */`) comments.

- **Monospaced font** for easy reading of Faust code.

- Distinct color coding for each type of code element (e.g., keywords, strings, operators, comments).

This repository has container app with extension and document-based test app.

Current version: 0.0.6

macOS 12+

## Build instructions

Use Xcode project; see ImportLibrary/generate_xcode_project.sh to download FAUST includes and binaries if the main project fails to build

## Roadmap

- [x] Support & embed faust libraries 

- [ ] Add line numbering to the preview.

- [ ] Refactor to support custom themes for syntax highlighting.

- [ ] Improve performance when handling large Faust files.

- [x] Automated build with libfaust binary

- [ ] Interactive SVG view - current realisation is missing links

- [ ] Improve widgets rendering/layout (FaustSwiftUI package)

- [ ] Add style metadata support to widget layout (FaustSwiftUI package) 

- [ ] Fix features of document-based app

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FAUST Programming language:

https://github.com/grame-cncm/faust

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license: **MIT**  

libfaust license: **LGPL 2.1**