Useful resources

Lua5.1
- bnf syntax
- function index
Lua5.2
- syntax
- function index

Fontify function parameters as variable names

Fontify variable names in line-continuation statements

local foo,bar,baz = xyz,xyyz,xyyz
function xyzzy( foo, bar, baz )

left-shift parenthesis that closes function parameter block

local foobar = function( param1, param2, param3 ) dosmth() end

issue #33

a = { } b = { }

finish works in lua-compat branch for Emacs21/Emacs22

put text property ‘lua-last-stmt-begin

continuation-line detection becomes a one-liner
multiline fontification becomes easier
beginning-of-defun is a one-liner
if property value is a marker, it will get updated on each edit, that’s not necessary and might cause performance impact
if property value is an integer, it needs to be updated before use
1. `buffer-access-fontify-functions’ / `buffer-access-fontified-property’
2. maintain `stmt-begin-up-to-date-pos’ point
  - after-change function sets `stmt-begin-up-to-date-pos’ to (line-beginning-position)
  - (defun get-stmt-beginning-pos (pos) …)
(when (< stmt-begin-up-to-date-pos pos) … (setq stmt-begin-up-to-date-pos pos))
- return property at position pos

Support line-continuation statements [0/2]

[ ] assignments x,y = long_value, other_long_value
[ ] `for … do’ operators

update site [0/2]

reuse section-aware template

add section for release downloading

[#C] Improve lua-prefix-key machinery [0/2]

[ ] add docs
[ ] improve setting prefix-key Currently, prefix-key is parsed from a macro string (which may contain more than one key) and all keys but the first one are silently removed. Maybe there’s a better way to do it.

Fix braces/parens that reduce indent by const offset

this causes wrong behavior when indented block was anchored to first line, e.g. my_func( hello, world )

lua-mark-all-multiline-literals [5/5]

[X] process –[[ as multiline comment
[X] process —[[ as single-line comment distinguish by syntax state of last dash before square bracket
[X] don’t recognize [[ in comments or literals
[X] extend region backwards if BEGIN is inside multiline literal
[X] don’t change buffer-modified-p state

[#C] Redo syntax engine using semantic/wisent