Re: SMIE

[Ivan Andrus <darthandrus@gmail.com>]

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I enjoyed using it for gap-mode [1] once I got the hang of it, though I would hesitate to suggest that people should look at my implementation. :-)  And I love, love, love the sexp-based movement it gives me for free.

-Ivan

[1] https://bitbucket.org/gvol/gap-mode/src/tip/gap-smie.el?at=default

On Aug 19, 2014, at 9:19 PM, Matt DeBoard <matt.deboard@gmail.com> wrote:

> To bring the thread back around full-circle to the topic of SMIE...
> 
> Stefan I wound up rewriting the `forward-token' and `backward-token' functions, discarding the previous code (which I inherited) in favor of much simpler, more concise code I found in `ruby-mode' and `swift-mode'. I took up this project (https://github.com/elixir-lang/emacs-elixir) just a couple months ago, so I thought the convolution of the code I replaced was a result of SMIE. I was skeptical about the degree to which I would be able to simplify the logic.
> 
> However, after cutting out over 150 lines of code by leaning heavily on SMIE, I just wanted to say thanks. SMIE -- once you get it -- is really valuable. There's a learning curve for sure, but it's a really pragmatic tool.
> 
> To any future readers who are looking for guidance on how to implement SMIE-driven indentation in your language mode, below are a few links of simple, concise, valid SMIE implementations that can serve as reference. In order of simplicity (IMO):
> 
> elixir-mode:
> 
> https://github.com/elixir-lang/emacs-elixir/blob/v1.4.8/elixir-smie.el
> 
> swift-mode:
> 
> https://github.com/chrisbarrett/swift-mode/blob/6abb78812bd5795950c1872787575c8eb72e8574/swift-mode.el
> 
> ruby-mode:
> 
> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/lisp/progmodes/ruby-mode.el?h=emacs-24&id=2605b19cfa2ff47066c91dfd2650b40645d51b32
> 
> 
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