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From: Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: "Óscar Fuentes" <ofv@wanadoo.es>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: prettify-symbols-mode to handle "\alpha-\beta" ...
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2021 21:14:29 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <trinity-4d671b60-66da-47b0-9c51-cdd8e83e2550-1612469669922@3c-app-mailcom-bs01> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvr1lvaeaz.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>


> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2021 at 6:21 AM
> From: "Stefan Monnier" <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> To: "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
> Cc: "Óscar Fuentes" <ofv@wanadoo.es>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: prettify-symbols-mode to handle "\alpha-\beta" ...
>
> >> I don't know what hack you're referring to.
> > Because I saw a few different implementations of prettify 
> > in various files and packages all trying to do the same 
> > kind of thing. 
> 
> It's still a bit vague.
> 
> >> > Whilst texinfo.el takes care of texinfo commands, it completely
> >> > disregards the use of tex constructs and the focus on displaying
> >> > mathematical expressions within texinfo.
> >> `texinfo.el` deserves some extra love, yes.
> >> I don't think anyone has contributed to it in the last several years :-(
> > Óscar Fuentes, I think wrote that if I insist on changing texinfo-mode
> > itself would require me to to give a very solid reason for the change
> > to be accepted.
> > As you recognise that it deserves additional work, my reason should be
> > solid enough.   
> 
> Changing the buffer's syntax table just for `prettify-symbols-mode`
> would likely encounter resistance (since it's likely to introduce
> regression in other parts of the code), but if it comes with
> corresponding updates elsewhere to accommodate that change (and those
> changes don't make the code worse), then it might be acceptable.
> 
> Of course, as I pointed out, it's not necessary to change the buffer's
> syntax table just for the immediate needs of \alpha and \beta in
> `prettify-symbols-mode`.  But in order to accommodate more TeX-style
> code it might indeed be a good idea (or not: I can't say without
> spending more time investigating the issue).

Sure, it must support a generalised scheme that can tackle the variety
of languages and what could be done with each.  prog-mode.tex already
seems to be intended as a general framework to support a variety of 
languages.  texinfo.el can then call prog-mode.tex framework for 
support with general prettify functionality.
 
>         Stefan
> 
> 
>



  reply	other threads:[~2021-02-04 20:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-04  1:24 prettify-symbols-mode to handle "\alpha-\beta" pietru
2021-02-04  2:08 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-02-04  3:03   ` pietru
2021-02-04  3:39     ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-02-04  3:46       ` Christopher Dimech
2021-02-04  3:51       ` pietru
2021-02-04  4:04       ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-04  4:21         ` Christopher Dimech
2021-02-04 16:12           ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-04 18:09             ` Christopher Dimech
2021-02-04 18:21               ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-04 20:14                 ` Christopher Dimech [this message]
2021-02-04 18:15             ` Christopher Dimech
2021-02-04 18:23               ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-04 20:22                 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-02-04 20:38                   ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-04 20:54                     ` Christopher Dimech
2021-02-05 20:32                     ` pietru
2021-02-05 21:01                       ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-05 21:05                         ` Christopher Dimech
2021-02-05 21:54                           ` Christopher Dimech
2021-02-05 21:57                           ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-05 22:09                       ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-05 22:22                         ` pietru
2021-02-05 22:45                           ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-05 22:56                             ` pietru
2021-02-05 23:04                               ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-05 23:15                                 ` pietru
2021-02-05 23:22                                   ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-05 23:43                                     ` Christopher Dimech
2021-02-05 23:44                                     ` pietru
2021-02-06  0:05                                     ` pietru
2021-02-04 20:34                 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-02-04  3:46 ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-02-04  3:59   ` Christopher Dimech
2021-02-04  8:44 ` tomas

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