From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: cc-mode fontification feels random
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2021 14:13:41 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <286d815e-d1a1-07ca-6696-a7f51923ab4e@piermont.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86mtqsoh3f.fsf@stephe-leake.org>
On 7/11/21 14:12, Stephen Leake wrote:
> The ELPA package wisi provides a parser-based fontification engine,
> which makes things like this more consistent. It is currently used for
> ada-mode. Note that syntax errors in the source can cause bad
> fontification, but the wisi parser has very robust error-correction, so
> it usually does a good job even with syntax errors.
>
> However, parsing C and C++ is complicated by macros; wisi makes no
> provision for that.
>
> Another option is an LSP based system via the EPLA package eglot; that
> delegates fontification to the language server. I don't know how well
> the C/C++ language servers perform for this.
Using LSP for fontification is unfortunately not sufficiently high
performance. LSP is really intended for things like providing type
information or enabling refactorings.
I note that several other modern editors now make use of the "Tree
Sitter" library (see https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter ) which
was designed explicitly to provide a C library for incremental
programming language parsing for text editors. It allows for very
consistent fontification in other editors like Atom, and is available
under the MIT license, which would permit it to be included in Emacs.
A very good presentation a few years ago by the author, including an
explanation of how Tree Sitter enables high quality fontification in
editors like Atom, can be viewed on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jes3bD6P0To
Perry
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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
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 [this message]
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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