In addition to providing a new `xref' backend, the patch also improves
the general handling of expl3 syntax. Expl3 is the next-generation
LaTeX specification, and has for some time been available by default in
the LaTeX kernel. The new syntax co-exists in many files with the
standard LaTeX2e syntax, so we try at least minimally to separate the
way modes handle the two specifications, both to reduce
visually-disturbing interference between them and also to improve the
`xref' backend. (Bug#53749)
* lib-src/etags.c (TeX_commands): Improve parsing of commands in TeX
buffers.
(TEX_defenv): Expand list of commands to tag by default in TeX buffers.
(TeX_help):
* doc/emacs/maintaining.texi (Tag Syntax): Document new tagged commands.
(Identifier Search): Add note about semantic-symref-filepattern-alist,
auto-mode-alist, and xref-find-references.
* lisp/textmodes/tex-mode.el (tex-font-lock-suscript): Test for
underscore in expl3 files and regions, disable subscript face there.
(tex-common-initialization): Set up xref backend for in-tree TeX modes.
Detect expl3 files, and in others set up a list of expl3 regions.
(tex-expl-buffer-parse): New function called in previous.
(tex-expl-buffer-p): New variable to hold the result of previous.
(tex-expl-region-set): New function added to
'syntax-propertize-extend-region-functions' hook.
(tex-expl-region-list): New variable to hold the result of previous.
(tex--xref-backend): New function to identify the xref backend.
(tex--thing-at-point, tex-thingatpt--beginning-of-symbol)
(tex-thingatpt--end-of-symbol, tex--bounds-of-symbol-at-point):
New functions to return 'thing-at-point' for xref backend.
(tex-thingatpt-exclude-chars): New variable to do the same.
(xref-backend-identifier-at-point): New TeX backend method to provide
symbols for processing by xref.
(xref-backend-identifier-completion-table)
(xref-backend-identifier-completion-ignore-case)
(xref-backend-definitions, xref-backend-apropos): Placeholders to
call the standard 'etags' xref backend methods.
(xref-backend-references): Wrapper to call the default xref backend
method, finding as many relevant files as possible and using a bespoke
syntax-propertize-function when required.
(tex--collect-file-extensions, tex-xref-syntax-function): Helper
functions for previous.
(tex-find-references-syntax-table, tex--buffers-list)
(tex--xref-syntax-fun, tex--old-syntax-function): New variables for
the same.
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