From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
To: Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: project.el semantics
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 20:50:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5644DF91.2040503@yandex.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2si4bulsq.fsf@Vulcan.attlocal.net>
On 11/12/2015 08:17 PM, John Wiegley wrote:
> I think the average user shouldn't even know this machinery exists, the
> defaults should be so well chosen. We'll have a surface API for asking typical
> questions like "What files should be ignored in this directory?"
How can you ask the question about "this directory", if the code
responding to the question doesn't know it's not allowed to use the
contents of the current buffer? Aren't you bothered by the perspective
of getting two different answers about the directory, depending on which
file you're visiting?
> Only advanced
> users should write any Lisp code; and they will be rewarded with the ability
> to configure the system to their heart's content.
I meant more like having to M-x customize-variable for each backend I
end up using.
>> Why don't you provide some justification for flexibility? I did provide a
>> justification for the given restriction.
>
> Because I want to use this system for things outside of those restrictions.
Well, I'm going to wait for the specifics.
But maybe you should consider using other APIs for those other things.
I wouldn't call the API a "system". From where I'm standing, it should
just be a set of contracts tailored for a particular purpose. There's no
"inheritance" anywhere, so you can't really reuse it for highly
different things.
>> And I'd really like to see what that "set of defaults" is going to look
>> like.
>
> This will take significantly more work than I can do in the time I have today.
> Proving to you that the alternative design is better will require me to write
> some of it, and that will need several days to work out at the very least.
The 25.1 release is months away, judging for the feature freeze lengths
of previous Emacs releases. So I think we could make an exception for
project.el, considering it's basically just words, and not a lot of code
that might need exhaustive testing.
But still, it's your decision.
> Thanks, Dmitry, although I sense more frustration than congratulation in your
> wish... I certainly hope you will continue to work with me on this feature,
> since I'd like you to be in charge of the defaults, since in that area, your
> restrictions are most likely the right ones.
Yes on first two statements, but I'll have to see what the "defaults"
will look like.
> Also perfectly fine, whichever you think is best for xref.el. I'm OK with
> "trial features" appearing in a release, so long as we note that they may
> change without notice and shouldn't be too much relied upon.
Let's do that, then.
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2015-09-15 20:23 find-file-project Stephen Leake
2015-09-15 22:21 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-16 2:49 ` find-file-project Stephen Leake
2015-09-16 3:26 ` find-file-project Stephen Leake
2015-09-16 3:34 ` find-file-project Stephen Leake
2015-09-16 3:38 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-16 12:56 ` find-file-project Stephen Leake
2015-09-16 14:37 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-16 16:41 ` find-file-project Stephen Leake
2015-09-16 16:59 ` find-file-project Stephen Leake
2015-09-16 17:13 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-16 17:25 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-16 21:01 ` find-file-project Stephen Leake
2015-09-17 17:45 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-18 16:08 ` project.el semantics Stephen Leake
2015-09-19 0:17 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-08 1:47 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-08 7:11 ` Stephen Leake
2015-11-08 13:07 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-08 20:11 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-09 9:10 ` Stephen Leake
2015-11-09 13:27 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-09 18:15 ` Stephen Leake
2015-11-10 1:32 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-10 2:40 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-10 17:36 ` Stephen Leake
2015-11-11 0:47 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-11 10:27 ` Stephen Leake
2015-11-11 13:21 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-11 16:48 ` John Wiegley
2015-11-11 17:03 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-11 17:22 ` John Wiegley
2015-11-11 21:46 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-11 22:30 ` John Wiegley
2015-11-12 2:21 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-12 17:26 ` John Wiegley
2015-11-12 17:53 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-12 18:04 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-12 18:17 ` John Wiegley
2015-11-12 18:26 ` John Mastro
2015-11-12 23:37 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-12 18:50 ` Dmitry Gutov [this message]
2015-11-11 22:41 ` Stephen Leake
2015-11-11 22:14 ` Stephen Leake
2015-11-11 23:26 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-12 6:44 ` Stephen Leake
2015-11-12 11:32 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-12 19:28 ` Stephen Leake
2015-11-12 22:04 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-19 2:21 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-20 18:40 ` John Wiegley
2015-11-21 10:03 ` Stephen Leake
2015-11-21 10:10 ` Stephen Leake
2015-11-22 5:18 ` John Wiegley
2015-11-22 5:36 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-22 5:43 ` John Wiegley
2015-11-22 5:58 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-22 16:55 ` John Wiegley
2015-11-22 17:13 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-22 19:54 ` John Wiegley
2015-11-22 21:27 ` John Wiegley
2015-11-23 1:14 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-23 22:04 ` Steinar Bang
2015-11-23 23:17 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-23 7:43 ` Stephen Leake
2015-11-23 12:59 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-12-16 4:06 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-12-16 6:52 ` John Wiegley
2015-12-28 4:20 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-22 22:04 ` Stephen Leake
2015-11-22 23:21 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-23 2:06 ` Richard Stallman
2015-11-22 5:32 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-09 22:16 ` John Wiegley
2015-11-10 0:58 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-10 1:07 ` John Wiegley
2015-11-10 1:18 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-10 1:40 ` John Wiegley
2015-11-10 3:23 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-10 6:00 ` John Wiegley
2015-11-10 10:54 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-10 14:21 ` John Wiegley
2015-11-10 23:41 ` Stephen Leake
2015-11-11 0:56 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-11 1:17 ` John Wiegley
2015-11-11 1:31 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-11 9:55 ` Stephen Leake
2015-11-11 13:30 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-12 8:46 ` Steinar Bang
2015-11-12 19:35 ` Stephen Leake
2015-11-11 9:44 ` Stephen Leake
2015-11-11 13:39 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-11-10 17:38 ` Stephen Leake
2015-11-10 19:47 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-16 4:41 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-16 13:04 ` find-file-project Stefan Monnier
2015-09-16 17:01 ` find-file-project Stephen Leake
2015-09-16 13:31 ` find-file-project Stephen Leake
2015-09-16 14:13 ` find-file-project Stephen Leake
2015-09-16 15:05 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-16 16:58 ` find-file-project Stephen Leake
2015-09-17 17:15 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-18 17:14 ` project.el semantics Stephen Leake
2015-09-19 0:08 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-19 12:07 ` Stephen Leake
2015-09-19 12:40 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-16 17:04 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-16 21:11 ` find-file-project Stephen Leake
2015-09-17 17:52 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-17 1:26 ` find-file-project Stefan Monnier
2015-09-17 18:09 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-18 17:07 ` find-file-project Stefan Monnier
2015-09-18 23:41 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-19 4:13 ` find-file-project Stefan Monnier
2016-01-06 1:29 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-07 4:52 ` find-file-project Stefan Monnier
2016-01-07 17:09 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-07 7:12 ` find-file-project Stephen Leake
2016-01-07 17:55 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-07 18:26 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-07 19:58 ` find-file-project Stephen Leake
2016-01-07 21:12 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-08 19:11 ` find-file-project Stephen Leake
2016-01-08 23:49 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-09 12:18 ` find-file-project Stephen Leake
2016-01-09 17:11 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-08 1:26 ` find-file-project John Wiegley
2016-01-08 1:38 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-08 2:19 ` find-file-project Richard Copley
2016-01-08 11:34 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-08 7:39 ` find-file-project Stefan Monnier
2016-01-19 6:15 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-19 14:20 ` find-file-project Stefan Monnier
2016-01-20 0:51 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-20 1:32 ` find-file-project Stefan Monnier
2016-01-20 1:47 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-20 2:25 ` find-file-project Stefan Monnier
2016-01-20 15:40 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-20 21:58 ` find-file-project Stefan Monnier
2016-01-20 22:12 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-20 22:17 ` find-file-project Drew Adams
2016-01-20 22:26 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-20 22:48 ` find-file-project Drew Adams
2016-01-20 22:50 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-20 23:09 ` find-file-project Drew Adams
2016-01-20 23:23 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-20 23:46 ` find-file-project Drew Adams
2016-01-20 23:51 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-21 0:08 ` find-file-project Drew Adams
2016-01-21 0:21 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-21 3:03 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-21 13:46 ` find-file-project Stefan Monnier
2016-01-17 21:23 ` find-file-project John Wiegley
2016-01-17 21:25 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-17 23:07 ` find-file-project John Wiegley
2016-01-18 1:42 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-16 7:16 ` find-file-project Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-16 13:06 ` find-file-project Stefan Monnier
2015-09-16 13:40 ` find-file-project Stephen Leake
2015-09-16 14:32 ` find-file-project Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-16 14:57 ` find-file-project Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-16 17:03 ` find-file-project Stephen Leake
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