From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#50674: Major mode for etc/AUTHORS with basic font-locking Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 21:56:18 +0300 Message-ID: <8335pxycz1.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87o88oikye.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87ee9jpxke.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <874kafqx57.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87tuiecv9n.fsf@gnus.org> <877df9zuav.fsf@gnus.org> <877df9ixeg.fsf@mail.linkov.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="20975"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 50674@debbugs.gnu.org, larsi@gnus.org, stefan@marxist.se To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 21 20:57:31 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mSkxN-0005IN-64 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 21 Sep 2021 20:57:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39688 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mSkxM-0001Yk-5D for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 21 Sep 2021 14:57:28 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:55638) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mSkww-0001Yb-Qn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Sep 2021 14:57:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:36461) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mSkww-00071a-GG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Sep 2021 14:57:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mSkww-0001YI-Fb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Sep 2021 14:57:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 18:57:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 50674 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 50674-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B50674.16322505965926 (code B ref 50674); Tue, 21 Sep 2021 18:57:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 50674) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Sep 2021 18:56:36 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48007 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mSkwW-0001XV-CC for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 21 Sep 2021 14:56:36 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:38468) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mSkwS-0001XC-JI for 50674@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 21 Sep 2021 14:56:34 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:35044) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mSkwM-0006eP-Dl; Tue, 21 Sep 2021 14:56:26 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:2444 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mSkwM-0007VI-0b; Tue, 21 Sep 2021 14:56:26 -0400 In-Reply-To: <877df9ixeg.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (message from Juri Linkov on Tue, 21 Sep 2021 21:41:43 +0300) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:215029 Archived-At: > From: Juri Linkov > Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 21:41:43 +0300 > Cc: 50674@debbugs.gnu.org, Lars Ingebrigtsen > > >> I thought of another one -- NEWS should really have its own major mode > >> to make it easier to edit. > > > > Indeed. In comparison to the others, such a mode wouldn't (or > > shouldn't) be purely cosmetic. > > Gradually it will grow to become a doppelgänger of org-mode. I don't see why. We don't need any of the bells-and-whistles of Org to edit NEWS, but we do need a couple of features that Org doesn't have, like better support for marking the entries documented, easier quoting, and a few more.