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From: Daniel Colascione <dancol@dancol.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: acm@muc.de, spacibba@aol.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org,
	rudalics@gmx.at
Subject: Re: cc-mode fontification feels random
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2021 01:03:03 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <179ff3ee6d8.2816.cc5b3318d7e9908e2c46732289705cb0@dancol.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83v96j8tsl.fsf@gnu.org>



On June 11, 2021 11:46:18 PM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

>> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
>> Cc: Ergus <spacibba@aol.com>,  Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>,  Eli Zaretskii
>> <eliz@gnu.org>,  rudalics@gmx.at,  rms@gnu.org,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
>> Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2021 16:52:37 -0400
>>
>>> Another problem with stock tree-sitter is that it makes Emacs less
>>> self-hosting. Tree-sitter grammars are written in JavaScript.
>>
>> Yes, there are some technical disadvantages to tree-sitter, indeed.
>> None of them make it unusable, but they do make it less convenient for
>> ELisp hackers and Emacs users.  So it's not a perfect solution, but
>> I don't think that should mean we don't want it in our toolbox.
>
> I agree that these issues shouldn't prevent us from trying to use TS,
> at least as an option.


Sure, but it'd be nice to package TS in such a way that it becomes more 
idiomatically lispy, at least if TS becomes the primary fontification 
engine for some modes. At the very least, it should be possible for users 
to apply ad hoc fontification on top of whatever TS supports. And how could 
something like TS work with, say, bison and flex files without fully 
general multi-mode support (which we also lack)?







  reply	other threads:[~2021-06-12  8:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 274+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-06-04  3:16 cc-mode fontification feels random Daniel Colascione
2021-06-04  6:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-04  7:10   ` Theodor Thornhill
2021-06-04 10:08     ` João Távora
2021-06-04 10:39       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-04 10:59         ` Philipp
2021-06-04 11:05           ` João Távora
2021-06-04 11:22             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-04 12:44               ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-06-04 13:46               ` João Távora
2021-06-04 14:11                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-04 11:18           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-04 16:43       ` Jim Porter
     [not found]         ` <83k0n9l9pv.fsf@gnu.org>
2021-06-04 19:41           ` Jim Porter
2021-06-04 19:53             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-04 20:05               ` Jim Porter
2021-06-04 20:11                 ` Joost Kremers
2021-06-05  6:51                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-05 10:14                     ` Joost Kremers
2021-06-05 11:31                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-05 12:12                         ` Joost Kremers
2021-06-05 13:23                     ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-05 17:08                       ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-06-05 17:31                         ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-05 17:32                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-05 18:46                     ` João Távora
2021-06-05  6:41                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-05  9:32                   ` João Távora
2021-06-05  9:59                     ` Ergus
2021-06-05 11:29                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-05 11:55                         ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-05 12:27                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-05 17:59                             ` Jim Porter
2021-06-05 18:56                               ` Daniel Martín
2021-06-05 12:43                         ` Ergus
2021-06-05 13:59                       ` Remote GUI Emacs really works (was: cc-mode fontification feels random) Óscar Fuentes
2021-06-05 11:25                     ` cc-mode fontification feels random Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-05  9:46                   ` Ergus
2021-06-05 11:27                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-04 20:14               ` Yuri Khan
2021-06-04 10:25     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-04 10:05   ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-04 10:22     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-04 10:34       ` João Távora
2021-06-04 10:43         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-04 18:25         ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-04 18:36           ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-04 19:11             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-04 19:16               ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-04 19:26                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-04 19:33                   ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-04 19:51                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-05  0:29             ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-05  6:32               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-04 19:07           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-04 19:26             ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-04 19:32               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-04 10:41       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-04 10:42 ` Ergus
2021-06-04 15:54 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-06-04 18:30   ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-06 11:37     ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-06-06 11:57       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-06 12:27         ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-06-06 12:44           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-06 14:19             ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-06-06 17:06               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-06 17:44       ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-06 18:00         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-06 18:18           ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-06 18:33             ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-06 20:24               ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-06 20:27                 ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-06 20:38                   ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-06 19:03             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-06 20:28               ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-07  7:35                 ` martin rudalics
2021-06-07 13:20                   ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-07 13:37                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-08  0:06                       ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-08 15:16                       ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-07 15:58                     ` martin rudalics
2021-06-08  4:01                     ` Richard Stallman
2021-06-08 15:29                       ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-08 15:52                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-08 16:36                           ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-08 18:11                             ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-08 18:25                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-08 18:28                                 ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-08 18:54                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-09 18:22                                 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-06-09 18:36                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-09 18:51                                     ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-09 19:04                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-09 20:07                                       ` chad
2021-06-10  6:43                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-09 20:17                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-06-09 21:03                                     ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-06-10  2:21                                       ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-10  6:55                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-10  6:58                                           ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-10  7:19                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-10  6:39                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-10 16:46                                         ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-06-10 17:01                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-10 17:07                                             ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-10 17:22                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-10 17:33                                                 ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-10 17:39                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-10 17:40                                                 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-06-10 17:44                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-11 16:11                                                 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-06-11 17:53                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-11 18:02                                                     ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-11 18:22                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-11 18:28                                                         ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-11 19:12                                                           ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-06-11 19:23                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-11 18:47                                                         ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-06-11 19:32                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-11 19:46                                                             ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-06-11 19:50                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-11 18:42                                                       ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-11 19:31                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-11 19:57                                                           ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-11 23:25                                                             ` Ergus
2021-06-11 23:52                                                               ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-06-12  1:08                                                                 ` Ergus
2021-06-12  3:20                                                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-12 11:07                                                                     ` Ergus
2021-06-12  6:58                                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-12 11:01                                                                     ` Ergus
2021-06-12 11:25                                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-12 15:04                                                                         ` Ergus
2021-06-12 15:16                                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-12 15:23                                                                             ` Ergus
2021-06-12 15:35                                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-12 14:00                                                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-12 14:20                                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-12 14:33                                                                         ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-12 15:06                                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-12 15:46                                                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-12  6:50                                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-12  5:20                                                               ` Theodor Thornhill
2021-06-12 13:40                                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-12 15:56                                                                   ` Theodor Thornhill
2021-06-12 16:59                                                                     ` Ergus
2021-06-12 17:51                                                                       ` Theodor Thornhill
2021-06-12 17:25                                                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-12 17:53                                                                       ` Theodor Thornhill
2021-06-12 17:54                                                                       ` Ergus
2021-06-12 18:02                                                                       ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-12 18:39                                                                         ` Ergus
2021-06-12  6:38                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-12 13:44                                                               ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-12 14:14                                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-11 20:06                                                           ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-06-12  6:44                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-12  8:00                                                               ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-12  8:08                                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-12  9:31                                                                   ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-06-11 19:48                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-11 18:34                                                     ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-06-10 17:26                                               ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-06-10 17:39                                               ` andrés ramírez
2021-06-10 21:06                                           ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-11  6:14                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-10 15:16                                       ` Ergus
2021-06-10 15:34                                         ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-06-10 19:06                                           ` Ergus
2021-06-10 19:28                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-10 21:56                                               ` Ergus
2021-06-10 15:59                                         ` Jim Porter
2021-06-10 21:02                                         ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-11 20:21                                           ` Ergus
2021-06-11 20:27                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-11 20:37                                               ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-11 20:52                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-12  6:46                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-12  8:03                                                     ` Daniel Colascione [this message]
2021-06-12  8:13                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-12 13:51                                                       ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-12  8:47                                                   ` Daniele Nicolodi
2021-06-12  8:57                                                     ` tomas
2021-06-12 14:04                                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-09 19:05                                   ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-09 19:11                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-09 20:20                                     ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-06-09 20:36                                       ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-10  7:01                                         ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-10  7:21                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-10  2:21                                       ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-19  9:25                                         ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-06-19 15:24                                           ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-07-09 14:06                                             ` Daniel Colascione
2021-07-11 18:12                                               ` Stephen Leake
2021-07-15 18:13                                                 ` Perry E. Metzger
2021-07-15 22:43                                                   ` Tree Sitter (was Re: cc-mode fontification feels random) Perry E. Metzger
2021-07-19 23:49                                                     ` Stephen Leake
2021-07-20 14:53                                                       ` Perry E. Metzger
2021-07-21  0:04                                                         ` Stephen Leake
2021-07-21  1:28                                                           ` Stefan Monnier
2021-07-21 14:43                                                             ` Perry E. Metzger
2021-07-21 16:21                                                               ` Daniel Colascione
2021-07-21 19:15                                                                 ` Perry E. Metzger
2021-07-22  1:16                                                                   ` Daniel Colascione
2021-07-22 13:18                                                                     ` Perry E. Metzger
2021-07-22 13:49                                                                     ` Yuan Fu
2021-07-24 20:05                                                                     ` [SPAM UNSURE] " Stephen Leake
2021-07-25  0:41                                                                       ` Daniel Colascione
2021-07-26  4:24                                                                         ` [SPAM UNSURE] " Stephen Leake
2021-07-25 18:01                                                                       ` Perry E. Metzger
2021-07-22 14:00                                                           ` Perry E. Metzger
2021-07-24  1:17                                                             ` Richard Stallman
2021-07-25 16:13                                                               ` Stephen Leake
2021-07-25 19:52                                                                 ` Ada (was Re: Tree Sitter) Perry E. Metzger
2021-07-26  5:05                                                                   ` Stephen Leake
2021-07-26  9:42                                                                     ` Stephen Leake
2021-07-26 14:01                                                                       ` Perry E. Metzger
2021-07-26 13:45                                                                     ` Perry E. Metzger
2021-07-27  0:26                                                                   ` Richard Stallman
2021-07-27 12:38                                                                     ` Perry E. Metzger
2021-07-26  2:23                                                                 ` Tree Sitter (was Re: cc-mode fontification feels random) John Yates
2021-07-24 19:59                                                             ` Stephen Leake
2021-07-24 21:21                                                               ` OFF-TOPIC: Ada availability (was: Tree Sitter) Óscar Fuentes
2021-07-25  7:31                                                                 ` tomas
2021-06-08 18:11                             ` cc-mode fontification feels random Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-08 21:25                               ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-09  3:39                         ` Richard Stallman
2021-06-09  8:34                         ` martin rudalics
2021-06-09 13:14                           ` `open-paren-in-column-0-is-defun-start` (was: cc-mode fontification feels random) Stefan Monnier
2021-06-09 15:15                             ` Yuri Khan
2021-06-09 15:16                               ` Yuri Khan
2021-06-12 17:29                           ` cc-mode fontification feels random João Távora
2021-06-13  8:50                             ` martin rudalics
2021-06-13  9:05                               ` João Távora
2021-06-13  9:39                                 ` martin rudalics
2021-06-13 10:06                                   ` João Távora
2021-06-13 14:52                                     ` martin rudalics
2021-06-13 15:25                                       ` João Távora
2021-06-14  8:29                                         ` martin rudalics
2021-06-14  8:40                                           ` João Távora
2021-06-14  9:00                                             ` martin rudalics
2021-06-14  9:14                                               ` João Távora
2021-06-14 11:28                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-14 14:39                                           ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-15 22:38                                             ` Ergus
2021-06-07 12:08                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-08 15:22                   ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-08 15:46                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-05 20:25   ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-06-06 11:53     ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-06-06 17:08       ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-08-30 18:50 ` [PATCH] " Alan Mackenzie
2021-08-30 19:03   ` Perry E. Metzger
2021-08-30 19:18     ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-08-30 19:25   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-30 19:28     ` Daniel Colascione
2021-08-30 19:37       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-30 20:11       ` Stefan Monnier
2021-08-31 10:54         ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-08-31 13:23           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-31 16:02             ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-08-31 16:21               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-31 16:46                 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-08-31 17:02                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-31 18:56           ` Stefan Monnier
2021-08-31 21:17             ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-08-31 21:47               ` Stefan Monnier
2021-10-22 20:13               ` [Committed PATCH] " Alan Mackenzie
2021-10-24 20:18                 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-08-31 13:18         ` [PATCH] " Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-30 20:03     ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-08-31 11:53       ` Eli Zaretskii

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