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Improving Compiler Diagnostics with Overlays in Emacs - EmacsConf 2023
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- 1 Introduction
- 2 Overlays and what they can do
- 3 Simple overlay example - creating an overlay
- 4 Adding properties
- 5 Deleting an overlay
- 6 Setting fonts the right way
- 7 More properties
- 8 Visibility
- 9 Adding text
- 10 Custom properties
- 11 Notes on properties
- 12 Improving C++ compiler output
- 13 The problem with C++ error messages
- 14 Many standard class templates have default arguments
- 15 Some types are aliases for longer things, too
- 16 Reporting type information accurately means long lines
- 17 Emacs can help - Treat C++ type names as just another kind of balanced expression
- 18 Add overlays to improve readability
- 19 Create a minor mode that runs during compilation
- 20 Parsing types as balanced expressions
- 21 Indent and fill with overlays - Use ancient "pretty printing" algorithms"
- 22 Overlays can mimic line breaks and indentation
- 23 Hiding details - Marking depths with overlays
- 24 Hiding to a target depth
- 25 Demo
- 26 Conclusion
