Programming paper: In programming, better tools often yield better results. For that, modern programming environments offer mechanisms to allow for their extensibility. The closer those tools are to the code, the easier it is for programmers to map the information provided by a tool to the code this information is ...

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Hybrid structured editing is a proposed approach for programming environments that bridges the gap between text-based editing and structured code representations. Existing tool extension mechanisms struggle to track program structures across text edits due to parsing complexity. The approach lets tool builders declare structural constraints that are guaranteed to be observed, while users retain a familiar text editing experience. An implementation and case studies are presented to demonstrate its effectiveness in safely extending programming environments with structure-aware tools.

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