From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#15777: 24.3.50; cl symbols are no more fontlocked Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2013 12:33:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1c8a0c7b-30cd-49ea-9864-6e5af1f56aeb@default> References: <87d2mk399d.fsf@gmail.com> <87vc0cuhag.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1383334463 14122 80.91.229.3 (1 Nov 2013 19:34:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2013 19:34:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 15777@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier , Thierry Volpiatto Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 01 20:34:26 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VcKUD-0004Mg-49 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 01 Nov 2013 20:34:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39606 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VcKUC-0002qQ-HR for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 01 Nov 2013 15:34:24 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39896) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VcKU1-0002qJ-4b for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Nov 2013 15:34:21 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VcKTq-0006Qb-QL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Nov 2013 15:34:13 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:44019) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VcKTq-0006QU-NR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Nov 2013 15:34:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VcKTq-0001Bh-5V for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Nov 2013 15:34:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 19:34:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 15777 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: wontfix Original-Received: via spool by 15777-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B15777.13833344094522 (code B ref 15777); Fri, 01 Nov 2013 19:34:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 15777) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Nov 2013 19:33:29 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58037 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VcKTI-0001As-RI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 01 Nov 2013 15:33:29 -0400 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:51154) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VcKTG-0001Ae-B5 for 15777@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 01 Nov 2013 15:33:26 -0400 Original-Received: from ucsinet21.oracle.com (ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1) with ESMTP id rA1JXJKE022319 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 1 Nov 2013 19:33:20 GMT Original-Received: from aserz7021.oracle.com (aserz7021.oracle.com [141.146.126.230]) by ucsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id rA1JXIUT002172 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 1 Nov 2013 19:33:19 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt109.oracle.com (abhmt109.oracle.com [141.146.116.61]) by aserz7021.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id rA1JXIrU027263; Fri, 1 Nov 2013 19:33:18 GMT In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8 (707110) [OL 12.0.6680.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:79868 Archived-At: > > What you are discouraging is maintaining external elisp libraries, > > remember that many people are using emacs just because there is > > external libraries. >=20 > We're only talking about the color given to symbols like defun* > and loop. It doesn't seem like that should discourage > external libraries. This is silly. If such symbols are present then it helps users to highlight them. You don't want the symbols to be present. Fine. That's a different issue. Not font-locking them when they are present does not help that aim. It only hurts users, making their code less readable and so more difficult to work with. It does not help you or Emacs in any way.