Re: Make all tree-sitter modes optional

[Basil L. Contovounesios]

Eli Zaretskii [2023-02-16 09:42 +0200] wrote:

>> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
>> Cc: dgutov@yandex.ru,  acm@muc.de,  juri@linkov.net,  casouri@gmail.com,
>>   larsi@gnus.org,  theo@thornhill.no,  jostein@secure.kjonigsen.net,
>>   emacs-devel@gnu.org
>> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 16:04:23 -0500
>> 
>> E.g. just `C-h o c-ts-mode RET` or `C-h o c-ts TAB` is enough to load that 
>> file.
>
> That's an existing problem that should somehow be fixed, if we
> consider "C-h o" a popular command used by many users (I don't
> consider it that, and fail to see why someone would even think about
> doing that).

C-h o is just a convenient union of C-h v, C-h f, etc.

The same problem exists with C-h f:

0. emacs -Q
1. C-h f c-ts-mode RET
   [ or C-h f c-ts TAB C-g ]
2. M-: (car auto-mode-alist) RET
   => ("\\.h\\'" . c-or-c++-ts-mode)

I understand that this situation compromises between various drawbacks
that I do not fully grasp, and I know how I'd work around this issue if
it bothered me, but I still find it unfortunate that an opt-in feature
is only sometimes opt-in for the average user.

Thanks,

-- 
Basil