From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#17684: bug#22873: #22873 (multiple fake cursors); and, #17684 (crosshairs / fill-column). Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2020 18:21:14 +0200 Message-ID: <87blhlrk79.fsf@gnus.org> References: <87h7retzv1.fsf@gnus.org> <3F49C53D-BDFE-4C12-A7B5-7ECD599C41E0@lawlist.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="28156"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: mbork@mbork.pl, 22873@debbugs.gnu.org, johnw@gnu.org, akioburns@icloud.com, 17684@debbugs.gnu.org, rms@gnu.org To: Keith David Bershatsky Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 01 18:33:56 2020 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 1kO1Wm-0007Bs-P2 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2020 18:33:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55772 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kO1Wl-0003nz-Q3 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2020 12:33:55 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:40998) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kO1LG-0007og-Md for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2020 12:22:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:54758) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kO1LG-0002Jx-9b for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2020 12:22:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kO1LG-0006X0-58 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2020 12:22:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2020 16:22:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 17684 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 17684-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B17684.160156931025079 (code B ref 17684); Thu, 01 Oct 2020 16:22:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 17684) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Oct 2020 16:21:50 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38069 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kO1L4-0006WQ-BL for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2020 12:21:50 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:60800) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kO1L2-0006W8-4h; Thu, 01 Oct 2020 12:21:48 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=yt21C0+3UbJPmqGC9+yMjl8uE1MYVwbdHmtIMZIHNW0=; b=jPB8xW2cXwnIkERhK44mgd+j85 cviNWdFPgwFArevGABrQ8oaL2br7uJpX1+tQSMk1bOvdntWZrIvcyG/fv2PFUOoundLrRLA26n4dX cdZ/11qeO6S1QEYaP5a2pwceQArVi+adWCwBO5eiLFpUFWWT85psakV1uhuaFXnBRQH4=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=xo) by quimby with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kO1KW-0000OU-9Y; Thu, 01 Oct 2020 18:21:18 +0200 X-Now-Playing: Boris's _NO_: "Interlude" In-Reply-To: <3F49C53D-BDFE-4C12-A7B5-7ECD599C41E0@lawlist.com> (Keith David Bershatsky's message of "Wed, 30 Sep 2020 20:54:14 -0700") 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:189530 Archived-At: Thanks for the explanation. Some comments: Keith David Bershatsky writes: > Drew Adams contacted me several months ago and requested that I change > `crosshairs.el` to anything else since he has a crosshairs library on > wiki, and he didn't want any potential confusion. There is nothing > better I could think of as a name for the 17684 Lisp library and since > crosshairs goes against the wishes of Drew, I just went ahead and > changed the name to +-mode.el, because the plus sign looks like a > crosshairs, and I use the plus sign as the mode-line minor-mode > lighter. Well, +-mode is not acceptable as an Emacs library name, unfortunately. The concept is usually "cross hairs", so cross-hairs.el would be fine. > 22873 (multiple cursors) is presently just a framework to generate > fake cursors anywhere on the window-body. Nothing has been written > yet to perform any type of user command/function action at each > location of fake cursors. Ah, I see. > In order to reduce as much as possible any modifications to existing > functions in the core of Emacs, I copied a lot of those functions > functions, changed their names, added additional arguments as needed > (supra), and modified some of the body as needed. If this is to be included in Emacs, that duplication has to be resolved, though. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no