GNU bug report logs - #73404
30.0.50; [forward/kill/etc]-sexp commands do not behave as expected in tree-sitter modes

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Message #163 received at 73404 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: mickey <at> masteringemacs.org, casouri <at> gmail.com, theo <at> thornhill.no,
 73404 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: bug#73404: 30.0.50; [forward/kill/etc]-sexp commands do not
 behave as expected in tree-sitter modes
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 21:36:55 +0200

> From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
> Cc: casouri <at> gmail.com,  theo <at> thornhill.no,  mickey <at> masteringemacs.org,
>   73404 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
> Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:54:39 +0200
> 
> > "Group" is too abstract and too removed from the actual thing.  I'm
> > quite sure we can do better.
> 
> The proper name is "list".  Since it can't be used directly,
> the second best variant is "group".

Let's delay this part of the discussion until we see enough examples
of those "lists" or "groups".

> > What are the possible kinds of "groups", which are not balanced
> > parenthetical expressions?
> 
> All groups should be balanced.  Even in languages that don't use
> parens and brackets, e.g. "def" and "end" are balanced
> while these are not parenthetical expressions.
> 
> > Can you show a more-or-less exhaustive list of them?
> 
> A exhaustive list is not yet finished.  But basically most
> groups are parenthetical expressions while some don't use parens.

OK, maybe "exhaustive" is too much.  Can you post a list that you have
now?

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