From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
To: 12518@debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: bug#12518: outline-minor-mode doesn't work well in C(++) mode
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2024 19:55:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86a5p9dsnk.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvfrz2eejw.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier via's message of "Fri, 12 Jan 2024 10:55:21 -0500")
>> That was 12 years ago, and it has gotten a little bit of attention at
>> least in the time since. Could you summarize some of the current issues
>> with `outline-minor-mode'?
>
> I stopped trying to use Outline minor mode in C and can't remember what
> were the main annoyances. Obviously my bug report was ...hmmm... really
> poor, so it's not worth keeping.
>
> IIRC I think one of the main things I wanted was to be able to fold "a
> function" so we'd keep a single line for that function, whereas
> currently a function like:
>
> static void
> myfun (blabla
> blabla)
> {
> bla blabla;
> }
>
> is treated as 3 independent "headings".
The most reliable way would be to rely on the tree-sitter.
There is already treesit-simple-imenu-settings, but it has
no information about levels, and I have not figured out yet
how to get it. But anyway this should be in a separate
feature request.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-01-13 17:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-26 3:08 bug#12518: outline-minor-mode doesn't work well in C(++) mode Stefan Monnier
2024-01-10 11:30 ` Stefan Kangas
2024-01-12 15:55 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-01-13 17:55 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
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