Re: A vision for multiple major modes: some design notes

[zhanghj]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

> I haven't kept up with this discussion, but I think it'd worthwhile
> taking a look at what things like SublimeText do for syntax
> highlighting, because it's a lot more powerful than what font-lock does
> (IOW it lets you define contexts and is hence closer to a parser whereas
> font-lock is closer to a lexer), and it might be an interesting starting
> point for multiple major modes.
>
> I think font-lock is old and deserves a replacement.
>
>
>         Stefan

Yes. It can also do symbol indexing (like imenu in emacs, or ctags
tools) based on the syntax files.