Subject: Re: bug#62429: 30.0.50; Add jsx faces to typescript-ts-mode

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 08:25:17 +0300

> From: Yuan Fu <[email-masked]>
> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 17:28:40 -0700
> Cc: [email-masked],
>  [email-masked],
>  [email-masked]
> 
> >> JSX is basically HTML mixed with Javascript, so JSX tags and attributes are just HTML tags and attributes. Normally it’s fine to just use some semi-related font-lock face for them; mhtml.el uses function-call-face and constant-face for tags and attributes. But because in JSX, HTML tags and attribtues appear in the same buffer with Javascript code, if we use function-call-face and constant-face for tags and attributes, it’s impossible to change their appearance and not affect the functions and constants in Javascript code, because we are using the same face for JS functions and HTML tags, and JS constants and HTML attributes.
> > 
> > OK, but then how will these JSX-specific faces fit into the overall
> > scheme of treesit-font-lock faces?  For example, in what level will
> > they be used, and how will users know what level to set to see these
> > faces in their buffers?
> 
> At level 3 for tsx-ts-mode, under the “jsx” feature. So they are enabled by default. Though it’s true that it’s not immediately obvious what face to customize. At the very least these faces appear in the customize group of typescript. We can add something to the docstring of the major mode, too.
> 
> > 
> > These are the downsides of mode-specific faces, and if we think it's
> > important enough to have them, we should resolve these issues when we
> > install such faces.

Then it is fine by me, as long as those measures you mentioned are
taken to make sure users know how to customize font-lock with these
faces.