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`open-paren-in-column-0-is-defun-start` (was: cc-mode fontification feel
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Stefan Monnier |
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`open-paren-in-column-0-is-defun-start` (was: cc-mode fontification feels random) |
Date: |
Wed, 09 Jun 2021 09:14:49 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> It was rather the use of the idiom "We can use hacks like this one". I
> see `open-paren-in-column-0-is-defun-start' as a way to subdivide code
> into chunks that may be edited and processed independently. Currently,
> we use a monolithic approach (one that works on the whole buffer from
> its beginning) for fontification and a chunk-wise approach (as in the
> default `beginning-of-defun') for editing proper.
I see two problems with `open-paren-in-column-0-is-defun-start` (opic0ids):
- The implementation was a lot simpler than what's needed for your
notion of "chunk-wise editing", thus leading to somewhat arbitrary
behaviors because we only used the opic0ids property when it was
convenient, rather than using it at every place where it could change
the behavior.
- this convention is imposed on top of the definition of the language,
so it's like editing "C with the opic0ids convention" rather than
editing "C". This works fine if your file is indeed written in "C
with the opic0ids convention", but no so well otherwise. And that
convention is specific to Emacs (I can imagine other editors
supporting a similar convention, but most likely it won't be exactly
the same one since it's not a widely known convention), so unless all
the coders agree to use Emacs you'll probably want to enforce that
convention via some kind of "sanity check" maybe running in a CI.
- I don't think a major mode for language Foo should default to
assuming that the buffer is written in "Foo with the opic0ids
convention".
Stefan
- Re: cc-mode fontification feels random, (continued)
- Re: cc-mode fontification feels random, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/06/09
- Re: cc-mode fontification feels random, Alan Mackenzie, 2021/06/09
- Re: cc-mode fontification feels random, Stefan Monnier, 2021/06/09
- Re: cc-mode fontification feels random, Daniel Colascione, 2021/06/10
- Re: cc-mode fontification feels random, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/06/10
- Re: cc-mode fontification feels random, Daniel Colascione, 2021/06/09
- Re: cc-mode fontification feels random, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/06/08
- Re: cc-mode fontification feels random, Stefan Monnier, 2021/06/08
- Re: cc-mode fontification feels random, Richard Stallman, 2021/06/08
- Re: cc-mode fontification feels random, martin rudalics, 2021/06/09
- `open-paren-in-column-0-is-defun-start` (was: cc-mode fontification feels random),
Stefan Monnier <=
- Re: `open-paren-in-column-0-is-defun-start` (was: cc-mode fontification feels random), Yuri Khan, 2021/06/09
- Re: `open-paren-in-column-0-is-defun-start` (was: cc-mode fontification feels random), Yuri Khan, 2021/06/09
- Re: cc-mode fontification feels random, João Távora, 2021/06/12
- Re: cc-mode fontification feels random, martin rudalics, 2021/06/13
- Re: cc-mode fontification feels random, João Távora, 2021/06/13
- Re: cc-mode fontification feels random, martin rudalics, 2021/06/13
- Re: cc-mode fontification feels random, João Távora, 2021/06/13
- Re: cc-mode fontification feels random, martin rudalics, 2021/06/13
- Re: cc-mode fontification feels random, João Távora, 2021/06/13
- Re: cc-mode fontification feels random, martin rudalics, 2021/06/14