diff --git a/lib/misc/scopes.js b/lib/misc/scopes.js
index 83efecc7..b76905ea 100644
--- a/lib/misc/scopes.js
+++ b/lib/misc/scopes.js
@@ -1,22 +1,28 @@
 /** @babel */
-
 import { Point, Range } from 'atom'
-
 const juliaScopes = ['source.julia', 'source.embedded.julia']
 const openers = [
   'if', 'while', 'for', 'begin', 'function', 'macro', 'module', 'baremodule', 'type', 'immutable',
   'struct', 'mutable struct', 'try', 'let', 'do', 'quote', 'abstract type', 'primitive type'
 ]
-const reopeners = [ 'else', 'elseif', 'catch', 'finally' ]
+const reopeners = ['else', 'elseif', 'catch', 'finally']
 
-function isKeywordScope (scopes) {
+/**
+ *
+ * @param {readonly string[]} scopes
+ */
+function isKeywordScope(scopes) {
   // Skip 'source.julia'
-  return scopes.slice(1).some(scope => {
+  return scopes.slice(1).some((scope) => {
     return scope.indexOf('keyword') > -1
   })
 }
 
-export function isStringScope (scopes) {
+/**
+ *
+ * @param {readonly string[]} scopes
+ */
+export function isStringScope(scopes) {
   let isString = false
   let isInterp = false
   for (const scope of scopes) {
@@ -30,19 +36,22 @@ export function isStringScope (scopes) {
   return isString && !isInterp
 }
 
-function forRange (editor, range) {
+/**
+ *
+ * @param {TextEditor} editor
+ * @param {RangeCompatible} range
+ */
+function forRange(editor, range) {
   // this should happen here and not a top-level so that we aren't relying on
   // Atom to load packages in a specific order:
   const juliaGrammar = atom.grammars.grammarForScopeName('source.julia')
-
   if (juliaGrammar === undefined) return []
-
   const scopes = []
   let n_parens = 0
   let n_brackets = 0
   const text = editor.getTextInBufferRange(range)
-  juliaGrammar.tokenizeLines(text).forEach(lineTokens => {
-    lineTokens.forEach(token => {
+  juliaGrammar.tokenizeLines(text).forEach((lineTokens) => {
+    lineTokens.forEach((token) => {
       const { value } = token
       if (!isStringScope(token.scopes)) {
         if (n_parens > 0 && value === ')') {
@@ -63,9 +72,8 @@ function forRange (editor, range) {
           return
         }
       }
-      if (!(isKeywordScope(token.scopes))) return
+      if (!isKeywordScope(token.scopes)) return
       if (!(n_parens === 0 && n_brackets === 0)) return
-
       const reopen = reopeners.includes(value)
       if (value === 'end' || reopen) scopes.pop()
       if (openers.includes(value) || reopen) scopes.push(value)
@@ -74,16 +82,26 @@ function forRange (editor, range) {
   return scopes
 }
 
-export function forLines (editor, start, end) {
+/**
+ *
+ * @param {TextEditor} editor
+ * @param {number} start
+ * @param {number} end
+ */
+export function forLines(editor, start, end) {
   const startPoint = new Point(start, 0)
   const endPoint = new Point(end, Infinity)
   const range = new Range(startPoint, endPoint)
   return forRange(editor, range)
 }
 
-export function isCommentScope (scopes) {
+/**
+ *
+ * @param {readonly string[]} scopes
+ */
+export function isCommentScope(scopes) {
   // Skip 'source.julia'
-  return scopes.slice(1).some(scope => {
+  return scopes.slice(1).some((scope) => {
     return scope.indexOf('comment') > -1
   })
 }
@@ -92,14 +110,17 @@ export function isCommentScope (scopes) {
  * Returns `true` if the scope at `bufferPosition` in `editor` is valid code scope to be inspected.
  * Supposed to be used within Atom-IDE integrations, whose `grammarScopes` setting doesn't support
  * embedded scopes by default.
+ *
+ * @param {TextEditor} editor
+ * @param {PointCompatible} bufferPosition
  */
-export function isValidScopeToInspect (editor, bufferPosition) {
+export function isValidScopeToInspect(editor, bufferPosition) {
   const scopes = editor
     .scopeDescriptorForBufferPosition(bufferPosition)
     .getScopesArray()
-  return scopes.some(scope => {
+  return scopes.some((scope) => {
     return juliaScopes.includes(scope)
-  }) ?
-    !isCommentScope(scopes) && !isStringScope(scopes) :
-    false
+  })
+    ? !isCommentScope(scopes) && !isStringScope(scopes)
+    : false
 }
diff --git a/lib_src/misc/scopes.ts b/lib_src/misc/scopes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6ead0f86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib_src/misc/scopes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+/** @babel */
+
+import { Point, Range, RangeCompatible, TextEditor, PointCompatible } from "atom"
+
+const juliaScopes = ["source.julia", "source.embedded.julia"]
+const openers = [
+  "if",
+  "while",
+  "for",
+  "begin",
+  "function",
+  "macro",
+  "module",
+  "baremodule",
+  "type",
+  "immutable",
+  "struct",
+  "mutable struct",
+  "try",
+  "let",
+  "do",
+  "quote",
+  "abstract type",
+  "primitive type"
+]
+const reopeners = ["else", "elseif", "catch", "finally"]
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @param {readonly string[]} scopes
+ */
+function isKeywordScope(scopes: readonly string[]) {
+  // Skip 'source.julia'
+  return scopes.slice(1).some(scope => {
+    return scope.indexOf("keyword") > -1
+  })
+}
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @param {readonly string[]} scopes
+ */
+export function isStringScope(scopes: readonly string[]) {
+  let isString = false
+  let isInterp = false
+  for (const scope of scopes) {
+    if (scope.indexOf("string") > -1) {
+      isString = true
+    }
+    if (scope.indexOf("interpolation") > -1) {
+      isInterp = true
+    }
+  }
+  return isString && !isInterp
+}
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @param {TextEditor} editor
+ * @param {RangeCompatible} range
+ */
+function forRange(editor: TextEditor, range: RangeCompatible) {
+  // this should happen here and not a top-level so that we aren't relying on
+  // Atom to load packages in a specific order:
+  const juliaGrammar = atom.grammars.grammarForScopeName("source.julia")
+
+  if (juliaGrammar === undefined) return []
+
+  const scopes: string[] = []
+  let n_parens = 0
+  let n_brackets = 0
+  const text = editor.getTextInBufferRange(range)
+  juliaGrammar.tokenizeLines(text).forEach(lineTokens => {
+    lineTokens.forEach(token => {
+      const { value } = token
+      if (!isStringScope(token.scopes)) {
+        if (n_parens > 0 && value === ")") {
+          n_parens -= 1
+          scopes.splice(scopes.lastIndexOf("paren"), 1)
+          return
+        } else if (n_brackets > 0 && value === "]") {
+          n_brackets -= 1
+          scopes.splice(scopes.lastIndexOf("bracket"), 1)
+          return
+        } else if (value === "(") {
+          n_parens += 1
+          scopes.push("paren")
+          return
+        } else if (value === "[") {
+          n_brackets += 1
+          scopes.push("bracket")
+          return
+        }
+      }
+      if (!isKeywordScope(token.scopes)) return
+      if (!(n_parens === 0 && n_brackets === 0)) return
+
+      const reopen = reopeners.includes(value)
+      if (value === "end" || reopen) scopes.pop()
+      if (openers.includes(value) || reopen) scopes.push(value)
+    })
+  })
+  return scopes
+}
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @param {TextEditor} editor
+ * @param {number} start
+ * @param {number} end
+ */
+export function forLines(editor: TextEditor, start: number, end: number) {
+  const startPoint = new Point(start, 0)
+  const endPoint = new Point(end, Infinity)
+  const range = new Range(startPoint, endPoint)
+  return forRange(editor, range)
+}
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @param {readonly string[]} scopes
+ */
+export function isCommentScope(scopes: readonly string[]) {
+  // Skip 'source.julia'
+  return scopes.slice(1).some(scope => {
+    return scope.indexOf("comment") > -1
+  })
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns `true` if the scope at `bufferPosition` in `editor` is valid code scope to be inspected.
+ * Supposed to be used within Atom-IDE integrations, whose `grammarScopes` setting doesn't support
+ * embedded scopes by default.
+ *
+ * @param {TextEditor} editor
+ * @param {PointCompatible} bufferPosition
+ */
+export function isValidScopeToInspect(editor: TextEditor, bufferPosition: PointCompatible) {
+  const scopes = editor.scopeDescriptorForBufferPosition(bufferPosition).getScopesArray()
+  return scopes.some(scope => {
+    return juliaScopes.includes(scope)
+  })
+    ? !isCommentScope(scopes) && !isStringScope(scopes)
+    : false
+}