GNU bug report logs - #12518
outline-minor-mode doesn't work well in C(++) mode

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Message #16 received at 12518 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: 12518 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: bug#12518: outline-minor-mode doesn't work well in C(++) mode
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2024 19:55:59 +0200

>> That was 12 years ago, and it has gotten a little bit of attention at
>> least in the time since.  Could you summarize some of the current issues
>> with `outline-minor-mode'?
>
> I stopped trying to use Outline minor mode in C and can't remember what
> were the main annoyances.  Obviously my bug report was ...hmmm... really
> poor, so it's not worth keeping.
>
> IIRC I think one of the main things I wanted was to be able to fold "a
> function" so we'd keep a single line for that function, whereas
> currently a function like:
>
>     static void
>     myfun (blabla
>            blabla)
>     {
>       bla blabla;
>     }
>
> is treated as 3 independent "headings".

The most reliable way would be to rely on the tree-sitter.
There is already treesit-simple-imenu-settings, but it has
no information about levels, and I have not figured out yet
how to get it.  But anyway this should be in a separate
feature request.

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