Format XML on save

[tomgenoni]

I tried a few different configurations but xml files refuse to cooperate. All other file types I use are formatting on save: css, html, js, json, tsx, etc.

If I invoke the editor: format command I get an error:

2024-11-13T21:12:40.739508-08:00 [ERROR] prettier at "/Users/tom/Sites/icons" failed to format buffer

Caused by:
    error during message '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":4,"method":"prettier/format","params":
    {"text":"..snip..","options":{"plugins":
    [],"parser":null,"filepath":"/Users/tom/Sites/icons/svgs/bots.xml",
    "prettierOptions":null}}}' handling: 
    Error: No parser could be inferred for file: /Users/tom/Sites/icons/svgs/bots.xml

I read a bit about some difficulties others were having with XML but I haven't been able to figure it out. My settings.json only has a few lines of UI overrides, nothing related to formatting.

[SomeoneToIgnore]

Seems to work for me even on Windows with the default settings:

"XML": {
  "prettier": {
    "allowed": true,
    "plugins": ["@prettier/plugin-xml"]
  }
}

so not sure what happens.

This error originates from prettier and tells that it failed to use the file path as way to deduce the parser, but we have similar pathes there.
Is prettier at "/Users/tom/Sites/icons" something custom? Could this version be old and behave differently compared to the "default & latest" that Zed uses in my case?

One thing you can try would be to add "parser": "xml" (not sure about the parser name, please consult Prettier docs just in case) to the config above.

[tomgenoni]

Thanks for the help but it also doesn't work for me when opening a file outside of a project. I see the default settings that you referenced are there but getting same No parser could be inferred error in the log when saving.

When opening the file I get this in the log.

2024-11-14T10:40:57.671535-08:00 [INFO] open paths ["/Users/tom/Desktop/bots.xml"]
2024-11-14T10:40:57.783546-08:00 [INFO] Initializing default prettier with plugins {"@prettier/plugin-xml"}
2024-11-14T10:40:57.783804-08:00 [INFO] Initializing default prettier with plugins {"@prettier/plugin-xml"}
2024-11-14T10:40:58.374483-08:00 [INFO] Installing default prettier and plugins: [("@prettier/plugin-xml", "3.4.1"), ("prettier", "3.3.3")]
2024-11-14T10:40:58.902106-08:00 [INFO] Initialized prettier with plugins: {"@prettier/plugin-xml"}
2024-11-14T10:40:59.022736-08:00 [ERROR] Os { code: 2, kind: NotFound, message: "No such file or directory" }
2024-11-14T10:40:59.022878-08:00 [INFO] using project environment variables shell launched in "/Users/tom/Desktop/bots.xml". PATH="/usr/local/opt/[email protected]/libexec/bin:/Users/tom/.console-ninja/.bin:/Users/tom/.nvm/versions/node/v20.12.2/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/bin:/usr/local/bin:/System/Cryptexes/App/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/local/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/appleinternal/bin:/Library/Apple/usr/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/usr/local/opt/[email protected]/libexec/bin:/Users/tom/.local/share/zinit/polaris/bin:/Users/tom/.console-ninja/.bin:/Users/tom/.nvm/versions/node/v20.12.2/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/bin:/Users/tom/.local/bin:/Users/tom/.local/bin"

2024-11-14T10:42:56.310439-08:00 [INFO] open paths ["/Users/tom/Desktop/bots.xml"]
2024-11-14T10:43:01.992865-08:00 [INFO] Starting prettier at path "/Users/tom/Library/Application Support/Zed/prettier"
2024-11-14T10:43:02.217164-08:00 [INFO] starting language server process. binary path: "/Users/tom/.nvm/versions/node/v20.12.2/bin/node", working directory: "/Users/tom/Library/Application Support/Zed/prettier", args: ["/Users/tom/Library/Application Support/Zed/prettier/prettier_server.js", "/Users/tom/Library/Application Support/Zed/prettier"]
2024-11-14T10:43:02.276524-08:00 [INFO] Started default prettier in "/Users/tom/Library/Application Support/Zed/prettier"
2024-11-14T10:43:02.276743-08:00 [ERROR] Have not found plugin path for "@prettier/plugin-xml" inside "/Users/tom/Library/Application Support/Zed/prettier/node_modules"
2024-11-14T10:43:02.277829-08:00 [ERROR] Formatting failed: default prettier instance failed to format buffer: error during message '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"prettier/format","params":{"text":"..snip..","options":{"plugins":[],"parser":null,"filepath":"/Users/tom/Desktop/bots.xml","prettierOptions":{"useTabs":false,"tabWidth":2,"printWidth":80}}}}' handling: UndefinedParserError: No parser could be inferred for file "/Users/tom/Desktop/bots.xml".
2024-11-14T10:43:02.277909-08:00 [ERROR] default prettier instance failed to format buffer

Caused by:
    error during message '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"prettier/format","params":{"text":"..snip..","options":{"plugins":[],"parser":null,"filepath":"/Users/tom/Desktop/bots.xml","prettierOptions":{"useTabs":false,"tabWidth":2,"printWidth":80}}}}' handling: UndefinedParserError: No parser could be inferred for file "/Users/tom/Desktop/bots.xml".

[tomgenoni]

Looks like Have not found plugin path for "@prettier/plugin-xml" is a possible ongoing issue. See #19024