bug#68824: treesitter support for outline-minor-mode

[Juri Linkov]

> Here is a new patch with a shorter implementation.
> And I will send a complete patch with documentation changes later.

So here is a complete patch with documentation changes:

diff --git a/doc/emacs/text.texi b/doc/emacs/text.texi
index 338bf014208..48a70c171dd 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/text.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/text.texi
@@ -1097,6 +1097,11 @@ Outline Format
 chapters.  This works as long as no other command starts with
 @samp{@@chap}.
 
+@vindex outline-search-function
+  Instead of setting the variable @code{outline-regexp}, you can set
+the variable @code{outline-search-function} to a function that
+matches the current heading and searches for the next one.
+
 @vindex outline-level
   You can explicitly specify a rule for calculating the level of a
 heading line by setting the variable @code{outline-level}.  The value
diff --git a/doc/lispref/parsing.texi b/doc/lispref/parsing.texi
index ac11f88ae4d..5911a11a074 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/parsing.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/parsing.texi
@@ -1895,6 +1895,10 @@ Tree-sitter Major Modes
 @item
 If @code{treesit-simple-imenu-settings} (@pxref{Imenu}) is
 non-@code{nil}, it sets up Imenu.
+
+@item
+If @code{treesit-outline-predicate} is non-@code{nil}, it sets up
+Outline Minor Mode (@pxref{Outline Minor Mode,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}).
 @end itemize
 
 @c TODO: Add treesit-thing-settings stuff once we finalize it.
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index f980d612a57..31415617c73 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -130,6 +130,12 @@ the signature) the automatically inferred function type as 
well.
 This user option controls outline visibility in the output buffer of
 'describe-bindings' when 'describe-bindings-outline' is non-nil.
 
+** Outline Mode
+
+*** 'outline-minor-mode' is supported in tree-sitter major modes.
+It can be used in all tree-sitter major modes that set either the
+variable 'treesit-simple-imenu-settings' or 'treesit-outline-predicate'.
+
 ** X selection requests are now handled much faster and asynchronously.
 This means it should be less necessary to disable the likes of
 'select-active-regions' when Emacs is running over a slow network
diff --git a/lisp/treesit.el b/lisp/treesit.el
index 6a485ae591a..8b20c3eb0f6 100644
--- a/lisp/treesit.el
+++ b/lisp/treesit.el
@@ -2860,6 +2860,68 @@ treesit-simple-imenu
                     index))))
             treesit-simple-imenu-settings)))
 
+;;; Outline minor mode
+
+(defvar-local treesit-outline-predicate nil
+  "Predicate used to find outline headings in the syntax tree.
+Intended to be set by a major mode.  When nil, the predicate
+is constructed from the value of `treesit-simple-imenu-settings'
+when a major mode sets it.")
+
+(defun treesit-outline-predicate-from-imenu (node)
+  "Return an outline searching predicate created from Imenu.
+Return the value suitable to set `treesit-outline-predicate'.
+Create this predicate from the value `treesit-simple-imenu-settings'
+that major modes set to find Imenu entries.  The assumption here
+is that the positions of Imenu entries most of the time coincide
+with the lines of outline headings.  When this assumption fails,
+you can directly set a proper value to `treesit-outline-predicate'."
+  (seq-some
+   (lambda (setting)
+     (and (string-match-p (nth 1 setting) (treesit-node-type node))
+          (or (null (nth 2 setting))
+              (funcall (nth 2 setting) node))))
+   treesit-simple-imenu-settings))
+
+(defun treesit-outline-search (&optional bound move backward looking-at)
+  "Search for the next outline heading in the syntax tree.
+See the descriptions of arguments in `outline-search-function'."
+  (if looking-at
+      (when-let* ((node (or (treesit--thing-at (pos-eol) 
treesit-outline-predicate)
+                            (treesit--thing-at (pos-bol) 
treesit-outline-predicate)))
+                  (start (treesit-node-start node)))
+        (eq (pos-bol) (save-excursion (goto-char start) (pos-bol))))
+
+    (let* ((pos
+            ;; When function wants to find the current outline, point
+            ;; is at the beginning of the current line.  When it wants
+            ;; to find the next outline, point is at the second column.
+            (if (eq (point) (pos-bol))
+                (if (bobp) (point) (1- (point)))
+              (pos-eol)))
+           (found (treesit--navigate-thing pos (if backward -1 1) 'beg
+                                           treesit-outline-predicate)))
+      (if found
+          (if (or (not bound) (if backward (>= found bound) (<= found bound)))
+              (progn
+                (goto-char found)
+                (goto-char (pos-bol))
+                (set-match-data (list (point) (pos-eol)))
+                t)
+            (when move (goto-char bound))
+            nil)
+        (when move (goto-char (or bound (if backward (point-min) 
(point-max)))))
+        nil))))
+
+(defun treesit-outline-level ()
+  "Return the depth of the current outline heading."
+  (let* ((node (treesit-node-at (point)))
+         (level (if (treesit-node-match-p node treesit-outline-predicate t)
+                    1 0)))
+    (while (setq node (treesit-parent-until node treesit-outline-predicate))
+      (setq level (1+ level)))
+    (if (zerop level) 1 level)))
+
 ;;; Activating tree-sitter
 
 (defun treesit-ready-p (language &optional quiet)
@@ -2990,6 +3052,17 @@ treesit-major-mode-setup
     (setq-local imenu-create-index-function
                 #'treesit-simple-imenu))
 
+  ;; Outline minor mode.
+  (when (and (or treesit-outline-predicate treesit-simple-imenu-settings)
+             (not (seq-some #'local-variable-p
+                            '(outline-search-function
+                              outline-regexp outline-level))))
+    (unless treesit-outline-predicate
+      (setq treesit-outline-predicate
+            #'treesit-outline-predicate-from-imenu))
+    (setq-local outline-search-function #'treesit-outline-search
+                outline-level #'treesit-outline-level))
+
   ;; Remove existing local parsers.
   (dolist (ov (overlays-in (point-min) (point-max)))
     (when-let ((parser (overlay-get ov 'treesit-parser)))
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/c-ts-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/c-ts-mode.el
index e5835bdb62d..c4b48f03d12 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/c-ts-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/c-ts-mode.el
@@ -922,6 +922,17 @@ c-ts-mode--defun-name
         name)))
    t))
 
+;;; Outline minor mode
+
+(defun c-ts-mode--outline-predicate (node)
+  "Match outlines on lines with function names."
+  (and (treesit-node-match-p
+        node "\\`function_declarator\\'" t)
+       (when-let ((parent (treesit-node-parent node)))
+         (treesit-node-match-p
+          parent
+          "\\`function_definition\\'" t))))
+
 ;;; Defun navigation
 
 (defun c-ts-mode--defun-valid-p (node)
@@ -1259,6 +1270,10 @@ c-ts-base-mode
                                 eos)
                    c-ts-mode--defun-for-class-in-imenu-p nil))))
 
+  ;; Outline minor mode
+  (setq-local treesit-outline-predicate
+              #'c-ts-mode--outline-predicate)
+
   (setq-local treesit-font-lock-feature-list
               c-ts-mode--feature-list))
 
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/heex-ts-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/heex-ts-mode.el
index 7b53a44deb2..22e8956661d 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/heex-ts-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/heex-ts-mode.el
@@ -166,6 +166,16 @@ heex-ts-mode
                   ("Slot" "\\`slot\\'" nil nil)
                   ("Tag" "\\`tag\\'" nil nil)))
 
+    ;; Outline minor mode
+    ;; `heex-ts-mode' inherits from `html-mode' that sets
+    ;; regexp-based outline variables.  So need to restore
+    ;; the default values of outline variables to be able
+    ;; to use `treesit-outline-predicate' derived
+    ;; from `treesit-simple-imenu-settings' above.
+    (kill-local-variable 'outline-heading-end-regexp)
+    (kill-local-variable 'outline-regexp)
+    (kill-local-variable 'outline-level)
+
     (setq-local treesit-font-lock-settings heex-ts--font-lock-settings)
 
     (setq-local treesit-simple-indent-rules heex-ts--indent-rules)
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/lua-ts-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/lua-ts-mode.el
index 05a3ff6d7c6..dc2a8fcec1e 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/lua-ts-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/lua-ts-mode.el
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ lua-ts-mode
                                       "vararg_expression"))))
                    (text "comment"))))
 
-    ;; Imenu.
+    ;; Imenu/Outline.
     (setq-local treesit-simple-imenu-settings
                 `(("Requires"
                    "\\`function_call\\'"
@@ -789,16 +789,6 @@ lua-ts-mode
     ;; Which-function.
     (setq-local which-func-functions (treesit-defun-at-point))
 
-    ;; Outline.
-    (setq-local outline-regexp
-                (rx (seq (0+ space)
-                         (or (seq "--[[" (0+ space) eol)
-                             (seq symbol-start
-                                  (or "do" "for" "if" "repeat" "while"
-                                      (seq (? (seq "local" (1+ space)))
-                                           "function"))
-                                  symbol-end)))))
-
     ;; Align.
     (setq-local align-indent-before-aligning t)
 
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/html-ts-mode.el b/lisp/textmodes/html-ts-mode.el
index 301f3e8791c..9af2aa6748f 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/html-ts-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/html-ts-mode.el
@@ -121,6 +121,17 @@ html-ts-mode
   ;; Imenu.
   (setq-local treesit-simple-imenu-settings
               '(("Element" "\\`tag_name\\'" nil nil)))
+
+  ;; Outline minor mode.
+  (setq-local treesit-outline-predicate "\\`element\\'")
+  ;; `html-ts-mode' inherits from `html-mode' that sets
+  ;; regexp-based outline variables.  So need to restore
+  ;; the default values of outline variables to be able
+  ;; to use `treesit-outline-predicate' above.
+  (kill-local-variable 'outline-regexp)
+  (kill-local-variable 'outline-heading-end-regexp)
+  (kill-local-variable 'outline-level)
+
   (treesit-major-mode-setup))
 
 (if (treesit-ready-p 'html)