Thanks Darcy. With Covid-19 raging, it is indeed a top priority to focus on the community. You are also in an ideal position for guiding Chinese students who may wish to help in the GSoC context. I am extremely busy, but hope to contribute a few ideas as well later.
Best wishes, --Joris On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 03:26:03PM +0800, Darcy Shen via Texmacs-dev wrote: > >In the next one or two months, I will continue to work on improving the > >xyz_parser and abc_language. > > OK, for the next several months, only bug fixes will be committed. > > And last week, we have some good news on GSoC. For the next serveral months, > I will focus more on the community: > > 1. Write documentation on devel (https://github.com/texmacs/devel) for new > contributors > 2. Review pull requests > 3. ... > > On 2020/3/26 ??????9:07, TeXmacs wrote: > > >Hi Darcy, > > > >I noticed your recent changes. > >Please be very careful when commiting changes, > >since version 2.1 is still approaching, despite the Covid-19 setback. > > > >Best wishes, --Joris > > > > > >On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 02:36:03AM +0800, Darcy Shen via Texmacs-dev wrote: > >>Recent tree months, I wrote some parsers under src/Data/Parser: > >> > >>+ blanks_parser > >> > >>+ escaped_char_parser > >> > >>+ identifier_parser > >> > >>+ inline_comment_parser > >> > >>+ keyword_parser > >> > >>+ number_parser > >> > >>+ operator_parser > >> > >>+ string_parser (TODO: multi-line support) > >> > >>On top of these parsers, I rewrite various part of xxx_language.cpp . > >> > >>I didn't use a higher-level abstraction like packrat-parser. In my > >>opinion,for now, low level small parsers written in C++ should work > >>fine. > >> > >>Most programing languages are similar in syntax. Doing simple > >>abstraction is sufficient for syntax highlighting. > >> > >> > >>The goal of these small parsers with `can_parser` and `do_parser` is > >>to minimize the time to implemented a new programming language > >>parser. > >> > >> > >> Below are the detailed progress: > >> > >>+ dot: new composition of parsers, string_parser, keyword_parser, > >>operator_parser > >> > >>+ cpp: new composition of parsers, string_parser > >> > >>+ java/scala/python: old composition of parsers, string_parser > >> > >>+ others: old composition of parsers > >> > >> > >> Composition of parsers: old vs new > >> > >>Almost all xxx_language.cpp (except scheme_language.cpp) is derived > >>from mathemagix_language.cpp . > >> > >>I call it old-style composition of parsers. It is not efficient > >>enough, because, we have to re-parse the code in `get_color`. > >> > >>Dive into concat_text.cpp:typeset_prog_string, we will find what > >>actually is `get_color` and `advance`. > >> > >>The new-style composition of parsers, reduce the unnecessary > >>parsings in get_color. > >> > >> > >> Keyword/Operator Parser > >> > >>Aims to keep the (type, keyworkd) mapping in Scheme files. Please > >>refer to `dot-lang.scm`. > >> > >> > >> String Parser > >> > >>Currently, the String parser only support inline string. Actually, > >>string and multi-comment are the same type. > >> > >>They both have openings and corresponding closings. > >> > >>The string parser will finally support multi-line. Once it is ready, > >>the multi-comment parser will also be implemented > >> > >>in a short time. > >> > >> > >> Recent Plans > >> > >>I will continue my developments on newly-supported languages (like > >>dot). The goal is to make it extremely easy to > >> > >>support a new language. For coloring schemes, it is another topic. > >>In the next one or two months, I will continue to > >> > >>work on improving the xyz_parser and abc_language. > >> > >> > >>Darcy > >> > >>2020/03/23 > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Texmacs-dev mailing list > >>Texmacs-dev@gnu.org > >>https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/texmacs-dev > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Texmacs-dev mailing list > >Texmacs-dev@gnu.org > >https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/texmacs-dev > > > _______________________________________________ > Texmacs-dev mailing list > Texmacs-dev@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/texmacs-dev _______________________________________________ Texmacs-dev mailing list Texmacs-dev@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/texmacs-dev
