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From: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
	 juri@linkov.net,  casouri@gmail.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca,
	 larsi@gnus.org,  theo@thornhill.no,
	jostein@secure.kjonigsen.net,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Make all tree-sitter modes optional
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2023 21:37:59 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y1owl8eg.fsf@yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Y++BkpoojTJDjQLa@ACM> (Alan Mackenzie's message of "Fri, 17 Feb 2023 13:30:58 +0000")

Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> writes:

> Hello, Eli.
>
> On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 20:33:49 +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> > Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 17:57:15 +0000
>> > Cc: juri@linkov.net, casouri@gmail.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca,
>> >   larsi@gnus.org, theo@thornhill.no, jostein@secure.kjonigsen.net,
>> >   emacs-devel@gnu.org
>> > From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
>
> [ .... ]
>
>> This [severe inconvenience to users who wish to stop using a new
>> feature] can happen with any new feature.  There's nothing we can do about
>> this, ....
>
> There is; we're competent hackers.
>
>> .... so please just stop worrying about it.
>
> I continue to be unhappy about the state of this change.  If we are going
> to insist on users restarting Emacs simply to remove three entries from
> auto-mode-alist, we should at least ensure that such restarting will
> work.  In the current NEWS, the directions are incomplete and misleading.
>
> I propose the following to correct this; it adds text to what is
> currently there rather than replacing it, as you requested a couple of
> days ago:
>
> diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
> index 2d15e39036a..dbe6517e78f 100644
> --- a/etc/NEWS
> +++ b/etc/NEWS
> @@ -3239,10 +3239,13 @@ for which a "built-in" mode would be turned on.  For example:
>  
>      (add-to-list 'major-mode-remap-alist '(ruby-mode . ruby-ts-mode))
>  
> -If you try these modes and don't like them, you can go back to the
> -"built-in" modes by restarting Emacs.  But please tell us why you
> -didn't like the tree-sitter based modes, so that we could try
> -improving them.
> +Loading one of the new modes amends 'auto-mode-alist' such that
> +visiting the same type of file in the future will continue to use that
> +new mode.  If you try these modes and don't like them, you can go back
> +to the "built-in" modes by restarting Emacs, but first, if you use
> +desktop-save-mode, make sure no buffers using the new mode will get
> +entered into your .desktop file.  But please tell us why you didn't
> +like the tree-sitter based modes, so that we can try improving them.
>  
>  Each major mode based on tree-sitter needs a language grammar library,
>  usually named "libtree-sitter-LANG.so" ("libtree-sitter-LANG.dll" on

Let me ask what I asked earlier, again?
Does c-ts-mode make itself default upon being loaded, or does it make
itself the default upon being first enabled?

The former has been a Bad Thing for as long as I can remember.
The latter is not particularly problematic as long as we document the
caveat.

Thanks.



  reply	other threads:[~2023-02-17 13:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 119+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <84973.1672843723@hassadar.pretzelnet.org>
     [not found] ` <83wn62xi3k.fsf@gnu.org>
     [not found]   ` <m1cz7u5brr.fsf@yahoo.es>
     [not found]     ` <83o7rexe2n.fsf@gnu.org>
     [not found]       ` <83h6x5xym7.fsf@gnu.org>
2023-01-15 14:01         ` Make all tree-sitter modes optional Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-15 23:39           ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-01-16  7:43             ` Theodor Thornhill
2023-01-16 16:30               ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-01-16 12:34             ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-16 13:06               ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-01-16 14:20                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-16 14:50                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-01-16 14:59                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-17 12:59                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-01-17 13:47                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-17 14:32                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-01-17 14:52                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-17 15:22                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-01-17 17:02                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-17 17:10                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-01-17 17:38                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-17 17:59                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-01-17 18:04                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-17 18:21                                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-01-17 18:40                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-17 18:49                                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-01-17 19:03                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-17 19:21                                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-01-18  1:11                                                     ` Yuan Fu
2023-01-18  1:23                                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-01-18  3:34                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-18  3:52                                                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-01-18 12:06                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-18 14:00                                                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-01-18 14:51                                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-18 12:36                                                           ` Stefan Monnier
2023-01-17 17:34                             ` treesit-forward-sexp (was: Make all tree-sitter modes optional) Juri Linkov
2023-01-17 17:40                               ` Theodor Thornhill
2023-01-17 18:17                                 ` treesit-forward-sexp Juri Linkov
2023-01-17 17:50                               ` treesit-forward-sexp (was: Make all tree-sitter modes optional) Dmitry Gutov
2023-01-17 17:59                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-16  1:12           ` Make all tree-sitter modes optional Po Lu
2023-01-17 17:30           ` Juri Linkov
2023-01-17 17:58             ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-17 18:19               ` Juri Linkov
2023-01-17 18:41                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-14 19:08               ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-02-14 19:29                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-14 21:02                   ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-02-15 15:35                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-15 17:57                       ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-02-15 18:33                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-15 20:31                           ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-02-16  5:41                             ` tomas
2023-02-16  7:27                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-16 22:05                               ` Yuan Fu
     [not found]                           ` <87v8k2g04m.fsf@dick>
2023-02-15 20:34                             ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found]                               ` <87mt5eegkw.fsf@dick>
2023-02-16  7:53                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-16  8:52                                   ` Po Lu
2023-02-15 21:40                           ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-02-17 13:30                           ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-02-17 13:37                             ` Po Lu [this message]
2023-02-17 13:46                               ` Stefan Monnier
2023-02-17 14:16                                 ` Po Lu
2023-02-17 14:40                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-17 14:56                                     ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-02-17 15:04                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found]                                         ` <8735741fic.fsf@dick>
2023-02-17 15:41                                           ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-02-17 16:04                                       ` Make all tree-sitter modes optional Stefan Kangas
2023-02-17 17:42                                         ` Morgan Willcock
2023-02-17 15:15                                     ` Gregory Heytings
2023-02-17 13:54                               ` Alan Mackenzie
     [not found]                               ` <d4c1a7f6-b5bf-f4f3-8d79-1c6b1d07cf70@yandex.ru>
2023-02-17 14:22                                 ` Po Lu
2023-02-17 14:58                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-17 15:18                               ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-02-15 18:34                         ` Stefan Monnier
2023-02-15 19:01                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-02-15 19:26                             ` Stefan Monnier
2023-02-15 19:47                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-15 19:53                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2023-02-15 20:06                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-15 21:04                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2023-02-16  7:42                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-16  9:49                                         ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2023-02-16 11:48                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-16 14:41                                         ` Stefan Monnier
2023-02-16 15:42                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-16 16:45                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2023-02-16 17:05                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-16 19:14                                                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-02-16 20:07                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2023-02-16  5:45                                     ` tomas
2023-02-16  8:26                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-16 10:30                                         ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-02-16 12:38                                           ` Po Lu
2023-02-16 12:53                                             ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-02-15 20:24                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-02-16  7:05                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-16  7:53                                   ` Theodor Thornhill
2023-02-16  8:34                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-16  8:46                                       ` Theodor Thornhill
2023-02-16 11:58                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-02-16 11:56                                     ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-02-16 14:48                                       ` Theodor Thornhill via Emacs development discussions.
2023-02-16 14:56                                         ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-02-16 15:15                                           ` Theodor Thornhill
2023-02-15 23:48                               ` Lynn Winebarger
2023-02-16  2:56                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2023-02-15 19:07                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-15 19:27                             ` Stefan Monnier
2023-02-15 21:06                             ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2023-02-16  7:44                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-15 18:25                 ` Juri Linkov
2023-01-19 16:53 Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez
2023-01-20  8:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-20 16:31   ` Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez
2023-01-20 19:13     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-21 11:30       ` Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez
2023-01-21 11:48         ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-22  6:23           ` Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez
2023-01-22  6:38             ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-22 10:46               ` Eli Zaretskii
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2023-02-18  7:55 Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez
2023-03-11 12:45 ` Ongaro

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