BARB-MODE

Barb-mode is a major mode for emacs to edit and interact with request files for the barb HTTP query tool.

Animated demo

Installation

The supported method of installation is through the package manager straight.el. In order to install barb-mode, add the following to your init.el:

(straight-use-package
    '(barb-mode
      :type git
      :host gitlab 
      :repo "guillaume54/barb-mode"))

Then restart emacs.

Usage

The mode will be automatically loaded whenever a .barb file is visited. If you have chosen to use a different file extension, you can start the mode by typing M-x barb-mode.

The mode provides syntax highlighting for the barb preamble and allows easy execution of the request directly in emacs by typing C-c C-c.

Running a barb file

In order to execute a barb file, the barb executable must be installed on your system and on the PATH. Then pressing C-c C-c should work.

If your barb executable cannot be found or has a different name than barb, you can configure barb-mode to use it instead like so:

(setq barb-mode-exec "/path/to/my/barb")