Re: Tree-sitter integration on feature/tree-sitter

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Theodor Thornhill <theo@thornhill.no>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 07 May 2022 22:12:37 +0200
> 
> >> I didn't expect tree-sitter to do this for us, I thought the code
> >> which integrates it into Emacs should do it, and hoped that code was
> >> already written.
> >
> > Ah, I see, that would require people more competent than me on each of
> > the languages and major modes to try using tree-sitter feature for
> > major modes, and maybe raising suggestions and concerns along the way,
> > like Theodor has done.
> 
> The quickest way to get this done is to start doing the work with some
> mode, say C, first as a separate mode maybe on the features/tree-sitter
> branch, then we can figure out later how to incorporate things?

My suggestion would be to modify the Emacs major modes, not to
introduce special stand-alone modes.  Making the changes directly in
the existing modes is a faster way towards tree-sitter integration.