Re: Tree-sitter maturity

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:52:43 -0500
> 
> Ideally, users should be able install the grammars separately, perhaps
> using their `make install' or `apt', and Emacs would only use them
> where they normally get installed.  That is ideal because it is not
> very integrated -- it preserves modularity.  In particular, it assures
> that the details of how they get installed are not a direct concern of
> Emacs maintenance.

Emacs needs to be built with the tree-sitter library to support the
modes based on it, and the grammar library needs to be installed.  If
Emacs was built without tree-sitter, or if the grammar required for a
mode is not installed, the mode will display a warning to that effect.