From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juanma Barranquero Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: suggested new command `picture-mouse-set-point' Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 16:20:29 +0100 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <20021028160200.9CE1.LEKTU@terra.es> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035818613 13439 80.91.224.249 (28 Oct 2002 15:23:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 15:23:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: jpw@shootybangbang.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 186Bjl-0003UK-00 for ; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 16:23:29 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 186Bnw-00017P-00 for ; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 16:27:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 186Bhm-0001yy-00; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 10:21:26 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 186Bgz-0001Az-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 10:20:37 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 186Bgt-000189-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 10:20:35 -0500 Original-Received: from [62.22.27.141] (helo=mail.peoplecall.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 186Bgs-000181-00; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 10:20:30 -0500 Original-Received: from [62.22.27.143] (jbarranquero.ofi.peoplecall.com [62.22.27.143]) by mail.peoplecall.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g9SFKSb21440; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 16:20:28 +0100 Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.05.06 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:8842 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:8842 On Sat, 26 Oct 2002 16:14:12 -0400, Richard Stallman wrote: > Could people please turn attention to some of the changes > in etc/TODO that would make a real difference to users? Speaking of that... > * Write an INTRO_CVS file with basic instructions how to build emacs > from CVS (make bootstrap), some information on how the config > and build system is tied together, and all sorts of tips and tricks > (FAQ) which may be of interest to new (and old) emacs hackers. Wasn't someone writing something like that, I seem to remember? > * Program Enriched mode to read and save in RTF. [Is there actually a > decent single definition of RTF?] Somewhere in msdn.microsoft.com, I've heard :( > * Get some major packages installed: W3/url (development version needs > significant work), PSGML, Mule-UCS, Tramp (?). Tramp should be taken out of the list, shouldn't? > * Highlight rectangles (`mouse-track-rectangle-p' in XEmacs). Already done by CUA, more or less. > * Eliminate the storm of warnings concerning char/unsigned char > mismatches that we get with proprietary compilers on various systems. > They make it difficult to spot the important warnings. Which platforms? On Windows there are quite a few "unary minus operator applied to unsigned type" warnings, but there are still more of the "differs in parameter lists from" kind. > * Re-implement emacs-server in lisp as an internal server using > make-network-process instead of using an external program. Wasn't that done already? > * Rewrite make-docfile to something sane. What does that mean? In which sense is make-docfile insane? /L/e/k/t/u