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
>
>
>
next prev parent 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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