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From: John Wiegley <jwiegley@gmail.com>
To: Per Bothner <per@bothner.com>
Cc: 22785@debbugs.gnu.org, Ingo Lohmar <i.lohmar@gmail.com>
Subject: bug#22785: 24.5; comint/shell modes should be merged with term mode
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 10:20:30 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2k2luq8b5.fsf@newartisans.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56CCCE13.9010702@bothner.com> (Per Bothner's message of "Tue, 23 Feb 2016 13:24:35 -0800")

>>>>> Per Bothner <per@bothner.com> writes:

> To clarify: The goal is to essentially merge term.el and comint.el.
> Comint.el might still exist, but only as a think veneer on term.el. shell
> might or might not existing as a separate mode, but it would at most be a
> thin veneer on top of term mode.

I'm not sure what to think about this. Term is a bit of a complex beast, it is
true, and it has far fewer users than comint. What is the motivation exactly?
Would any mode other than shell interaction benefit from this merge?

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John Wiegley                  GPG fingerprint = 4710 CF98 AF9B 327B B80F
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  reply	other threads:[~2016-02-24 18:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-02-23 20:33 bug#22785: 24.5; comint/shell modes should be merged with term mode Per Bothner
2016-02-23 21:05 ` Ingo Lohmar
2016-02-23 21:24   ` Per Bothner
2016-02-24 18:20     ` John Wiegley [this message]
2016-02-24 22:23       ` Per Bothner

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