Re: c-ts-mode style customization

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Yuan Fu <casouri@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 00:02:04 -0700
> Cc: dancol@dancol.org,
>  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> 
> 
> > On Mar 23, 2023, at 11:19 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> > 
> >> From: Yuan Fu <casouri@gmail.com>
> >> Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 16:44:31 -0700
> >> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> >> 
> >>>> Anyway, I agree with the general idea. I’ll add the option to set a rule 
> >>>> alist.
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> I gave you a concrete example of a disadvantage of using functions that 
> >>> return data over just using plain data. The principle of least power 
> >>> applies here.
> >> 
> >> Still, it’s largely harmless, and could prove useful for some people, also 
> >> it’s too late to remove it from emacs-29. And since it’s in emacs-29, I 
> >> don’t want to go through the trouble removing it in emacs-30 in a 
> >> backward-compatible way.
> > 
> > While all this is true, the question is how bad the problem is.
> > Daniel says the TS modes are unusable for him due to this issue.
> > 
> > Daniel, could you please post a recipe, starting from "emacs -Q", to
> > reproduce the "blinking" during editing you described up-thread?
> > Preferably while editing some code that one can meet reasonably
> > frequently in practice.  I'd like to play with the example and see
> > whether the problem is serious enough for us to try to solve it ASAP.
> > TIA.
> 
> I think you mean the other thread?

Yes, sorry about that.