From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: javascript.el Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:18:52 +0100 Message-ID: <47BF585C.3080907@gmail.com> References: <3b31caf90603220930k1f133151m81ab6986e9aff946@mail.gmail.com> <87skzmp02s.fsf@grepfind.mwolson.org> <871w76kkqr.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87myptub3c.fsf@grepfind.mwolson.org> <85d4qpg7us.fsf@evri.com> <85zltsd1st.fsf_-_@evri.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1203722373 20131 80.91.229.12 (22 Feb 2008 23:19:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:19:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Phil Hagelberg Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 23 00:19:56 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JShBB-00048f-3Q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:19:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JShAf-00055Z-Fz for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:19:13 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JShAb-00055G-0f for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:19:09 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JShAX-00054v-VF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:19:08 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JShAX-00054s-S0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:19:05 -0500 Original-Received: from ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net ([80.76.149.212]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JShAU-0005cH-DG; Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:19:02 -0500 Original-Received: from c83-254-148-228.bredband.comhem.se ([83.254.148.228]:59433 helo=[127.0.0.1]) by ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JShAQ-0002yX-4l; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:19:00 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.9) Gecko/20071031 Thunderbird/2.0.0.9 Mnenhy/0.7.5.666 In-Reply-To: <85zltsd1st.fsf_-_@evri.com> X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 080222-0, 2008-02-22), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Originating-IP: 83.254.148.228 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1JShAQ-0002yX-4l. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net 1JShAQ-0002yX-4l 4d93fd8af3d8b8a6a6309bdf5909a365 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6? (barebone, rare!) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:90058 Archived-At: Phil Hagelberg wrote: > Richard Stallman writes: > >> Now that I think about it, it's somewhat ironic that JSON is >> supported but there's no mode for Javascript in Emacs. Have any of the >> many Javascript major modes[1] been considered for inclusion? >> >> It would be nice to install a good one. The way to do this is for >> someone to study them, rate them, then see which ones' authors will >> sign the legal papers. > > I'll give that a shot and report back with my findings. > > -Phil Please look at the page http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/JavaScriptMode where there are some comments on this. At the bottom you can see the current state as I have seen it. (Though my impression may be erroneous.) It might be worth looking at what Ahmet Usal has done in Mewde too. Unfortunately I have not had time to do that myself.