Support fenced code blocks via multiple modes

[sellout]

In LnL7/vim-nix#28, there is support for highlighting code within nix lines, using inline comments before the opening '', like

{
  foo = /* sh */ ''
    mkdir -p $out/share
  '';
}

I would love to have this. The two should be compatible, as @LnL7 mentions in LnL7/vim-nix#28 (comment), so we should coördinate.

[gekoke]

I was just thinking about this - and hey, most recent issue!

It would also be cool if appropriate highlighting could be inferred for text blocks following certain functions like pkgs.writeShellScriptBin and pkgs.writePython3Bin, without requiring a comment.

[akirak]

Isn't this a job of tree-sitter? nix-community/tree-sitter-nix#31

There are mmm-mode, polymode, etc. which let you configure mixed modes, but their behaviors are sometimes a bit awkward. I have worked on TypeScript (with React JSX in it) in Emacs, and tree-sitter is the best option for highlighting mixed modes.

For editing, there is separedit support.

[matthewbauer]

I have experimented with this in https://github.com/NixOS/nix-mode/blob/master/nix-mode-mmm.el, but haven't used it recently.