From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Andrei Kuznetsov <r12451428287@163.com>
Cc: stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [SPAM UNSURE] Maybe we're taking a wrong approach towards tree-sitter
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2021 14:50:41 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83r1fiu06m.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87o8amy88o.fsf@163.com> (message from Andrei Kuznetsov on Wed, 28 Jul 2021 19:43:03 +0800)
> From: Andrei Kuznetsov <r12451428287@163.com>
> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2021 19:43:03 +0800
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
>
> > Some of the tree-sitter development tools are implemented in Rust; you
> > only need Rust if you are developing/fixing a grammar for a language.
>
> If I understand this correctly, it means one would require the Rust
> toolchain to support new languages in tree-sitter, or to improve
> existing support. Would that really fit Emacs? I think many people
> might not be comfortable learning such a large language and toolchain to
> develop editing tools for Emacs.
>
> Furthermore, is there any concrete reason this could not be done in
> Lisp?
This has been discussed. Patches to convert the TS grammar files to
Emacs Lisp and/or to maintain and develop them in Emacs Lisp will be
most welcome.
As usual with Free Software, it isn't an issue of what's desirable,
it's an issue with someone stepping forward to do the job of
developing this stuff.
TIA
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-07-28 11:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 59+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-07-28 1:57 Maybe we're taking a wrong approach towards tree-sitter Andrei Kuznetsov
2021-07-28 3:53 ` [SPAM UNSURE] " Stephen Leake
2021-07-28 8:23 ` Manuel Giraud
2021-07-28 11:48 ` Andrei Kuznetsov
2021-07-28 13:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-28 13:14 ` Andrei Kuznetsov
2021-07-28 13:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-28 13:31 ` Andrei Kuznetsov
2021-07-28 14:24 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-07-28 14:36 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-07-28 14:51 ` Daniele Nicolodi
2021-07-28 16:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-28 16:24 ` Perry E. Metzger
2021-07-28 16:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-29 23:12 ` Stephen Leake
2021-07-29 23:21 ` Yuan Fu
2021-07-30 18:38 ` Stephen Leake
2021-07-30 0:41 ` Andrei Kuznetsov
2021-07-30 12:06 ` Arthur Miller
2021-07-30 12:52 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-07-30 13:30 ` Arthur Miller
2021-07-30 13:57 ` Ergus
2021-07-30 14:52 ` Arthur Miller
2021-07-30 13:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-30 15:45 ` Arthur Miller
2021-07-30 13:32 ` Ergus
2021-07-30 15:07 ` Arthur Miller
2021-08-02 22:13 ` Perry E. Metzger
2021-07-30 18:42 ` Stephen Leake
2021-07-30 6:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-31 12:12 ` Stephen Leake
2021-07-31 13:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-31 16:55 ` Stephen Leake
2021-07-31 17:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-28 11:43 ` Andrei Kuznetsov
2021-07-28 11:50 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-07-28 12:06 ` Andrei Kuznetsov
2021-07-28 13:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-28 13:16 ` Andrei Kuznetsov
2021-07-28 12:36 ` Ergus
2021-07-28 13:07 ` Andrei Kuznetsov
2021-07-28 13:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-28 13:27 ` Andrei Kuznetsov
2021-07-28 13:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-28 13:38 ` Andrei Kuznetsov
2021-07-28 14:41 ` Manuel Giraud
2021-07-28 15:15 ` Perry E. Metzger
2021-07-28 16:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-29 23:25 ` [SPAM UNSURE] " Stephen Leake
2021-07-30 0:54 ` Andrei Kuznetsov
2021-07-30 3:02 ` Andrei Kuznetsov
2021-07-30 18:48 ` Stephen Leake
2021-07-28 15:12 ` Perry E. Metzger
2021-07-29 23:28 ` Stephen Leake
2021-07-30 0:19 ` Perry E. Metzger
2021-07-30 18:44 ` [SPAM UNSURE] " Stephen Leake
2021-07-29 4:35 ` Richard Stallman
2021-07-28 15:09 ` Perry E. Metzger
2021-07-29 23:35 ` Stephen Leake
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