Re: Make all tree-sitter modes optional

[Yuan Fu]

> On Feb 15, 2023, at 11:27 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> 
>> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 20:31:46 +0000
>> Cc: juri@linkov.net, casouri@gmail.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca,
>>  larsi@gnus.org, theo@thornhill.no, jostein@secure.kjonigsen.net,
>>  emacs-devel@gnu.org
>> From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
>> 
>> But you've got to allow me to have mixed feelings when the project I've
>> put so much into over ~20 years is facing redundancy.
> 
> It isn't facing redundancy, it's nowhere near that.  You don't need to
> worry about that.  I expect a significant proportion of users to wish
> to stay with CC Mode, for several good reasons:
> 
> . the use cases it handles better that c-ts-mode (cpp stuff etc.)
> . the plethora of minor conveniences it offers that c-ts-mode
>   doesn't, at least not yet, such as much more elaborate
>   customizations of indentation and electric behavior
> 
> I'm not even sure yet whether I myself will switch.  I will give the
> c-ts-mode a lot of leeway and credit, but I don't know yet what will
> be the outcome.

+1. It’ll be a long way until c-ts-mode can be comparable to c-mode.

Yuan