Re: ~/.qe/config detected as Qscript

On 21 Aug 2022, at 19:48, Piscium <[email protected]> wrote:
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> I wonder why my ~/.qe/config is detected as being of type Qscript
> instead of Text? I googled and apparently Qscript is an obscure script
> language for the Q language, the latter being a proprietary language
> for data analytics.

Qscript is a toy scripting language I wrote a long time ago. I never =
published it because it never reached production stage.
The syntax is close to the C syntax, except there is no preprocessing =
and fewer types and keywords.

> The disadvantage of it being detected as Qscript is that sometimes I
> press return and it indents the next line which is something I don't
> want. The only thing I have in that file besides the settings for two
> variables are comment lines starting with //.

The reason RET causes indentation is you forgot the `;` at the end of =
the line.
It is optional, but the indenter is not smart enough to distinguish =
continuation lines and single line expressions.
Just end your lines with semicolumns and you will be fine.

> I know that there is a command to change to text mode, however I am
> puzzled why it is detected as Qscript, since it is such an obscure
> language.

Trying to stabilise a syntax for extending qemacs is  along story.
The configuration file parser started as a very primitive string =
function handling a single line at a time,
then I used my toy language Qscript, which is much more elaborate, =
supports function and variable definitions but was not appropriate for =
the tiny build.
I was unhappy with the integration and unsure about how to handle the =
tricky emacs object model, so I stopped this development and reverted to =
a simple parser, yet capable of handling a full expression syntax and =
`if` / `else` statements. You can evaluate expressions with =
=E2=80=9Ceval-expression=E2=80=9D, bound to "M-:=E2=80=9D.
I explored using Javascript as an extension language, and joined with =
Fabrice Bellard, to write QuickJS, a full featured javascript =
interpreter, but Javascript is way too complex and not well suited for =
the task, so this issue is still open.

Thanks for your feedback,

Cheers

Chqrlie.=