Is it worth it to add an extremely basic heex-mode and elixir-mode?

Is it worth it to add an extremely basic heex-mode and elixir-mode?

[Wilhelm Kirschbaum]

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Hi,

There is currently a heex-ts-mode and elixir-ts-mode in Emacs, but no
non-ts mode equivalents.  There is also an existing elixir-mode on MELPA
https://github.com/elixir-editors/emacs-elixir but I think the development
on it has mostly been halted ( The conversations has dried up in the elixir
forums at least ).
I don't see the existing elixir-mode going into Emacs, because there are
quite a few issues and the work will be more than the time I or anyone I
know can free up.

The reason why I added the elixir-ts-mode is to have a maintainable mode
for Elixir developers to use out of the box, this was after I tried to
update the existing elixir-mode for almost a year without much success.

Perhaps I can add a very basic heex- and elixir-mode so that people without
the knowledge of how tree-sitter works can have some benefit? Any thoughts
on this?

Kind regards,
Wilhelm

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Re: Is it worth it to add an extremely basic heex-mode and elixir-mode?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Wilhelm Kirschbaum <wkirschbaum@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 13:57:20 +0200
> 
> There is currently a heex-ts-mode and elixir-ts-mode in Emacs, but no non-ts mode equivalents.  There is
> also an existing elixir-mode on MELPA https://github.com/elixir-editors/emacs-elixir but I think the
> development on it has mostly been halted ( The conversations has dried up in the elixir forums at least ).  
> I don't see the existing elixir-mode going into Emacs, because there are quite a few issues and the work will
> be more than the time I or anyone I know can free up.
> 
> The reason why I added the elixir-ts-mode is to have a maintainable mode for Elixir developers to use out of
> the box, this was after I tried to  update the existing elixir-mode for almost a year without much success. 
> 
> Perhaps I can add a very basic heex- and elixir-mode so that people without the knowledge of how
> tree-sitter works can have some benefit? Any thoughts on this?

Feel free to work on such a mode, and thanks.  Having a mode that
doesn't need tree-sitter means more flexibility for users, so it is
always welcome.  However, whether the effort is justified (assuming
it's non-trivial) is your call.

Re: Is it worth it to add an extremely basic heex-mode and elixir-mode?

[Wilhelm Kirschbaum]

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> Feel free to work on such a mode, and thanks.  Having a mode that
> doesn't need tree-sitter means more flexibility for users, so it is
> always welcome.  However, whether the effort is justified (assuming
> it's non-trivial) is your call.
>

Thanks, I just wanted to check if there is any reason not to go ahead, but
chatting to the Elixir folks as well.

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Re: Is it worth it to add an extremely basic heex-mode and elixir-mode?

[Richard Stallman]

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  > The reason why I added the elixir-ts-mode is to have a maintainable mode
  > for Elixir developers to use out of the box, this was after I tried to
  > update the existing elixir-mode for almost a year without much success.

How about starting with elixir-ts-mode and making a modified version
which does not use TS?

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