From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: progmodes/project.el and search paths Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2015 05:49:26 +0300 Message-ID: <83bnemtpop.fsf@gnu.org> References: <55BE209F.1000009@siege-engine.com> <55BE509B.2080307@yandex.ru> <87r3nkjxby.fsf@isaac.fritz.box> <55BF7619.1050701@yandex.ru> <87mvy8jvlh.fsf@isaac.fritz.box> <55BF8522.4010009@yandex.ru> <87lhdsys13.fsf@isaac.fritz.box> <55BFF764.2030002@yandex.ru> <83mvy7tbit.fsf@gnu.org> <55C0FEEB.7040500@yandex.ru> <83h9oeudfs.fsf@gnu.org> <55C1074E.90103@yandex.ru> <83d1z2uach.fsf@gnu.org> <55C11D54.9090105@yandex.ru> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1438742995 10944 80.91.229.3 (5 Aug 2015 02:49:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 02:49:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, deng@randomsample.de, eric@siege-engine.com To: Dmitry Gutov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 05 04:49:46 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZMom1-0001Ff-UC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Aug 2015 04:49:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38832 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZMom0-0000nH-RL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2015 22:49:44 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40374) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZMolx-0000md-Fo for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2015 22:49:42 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZMolu-0006aH-0B for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2015 22:49:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout28.012.net.il ([80.179.55.184]:60988) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZMolt-0006Zv-OS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2015 22:49:37 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout28.012.net.il by mtaout28.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NSL00N008K4VB00@mtaout28.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Aug 2015 05:49:39 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by mtaout28.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NSL00MPY96RTW20@mtaout28.012.net.il>; Wed, 05 Aug 2015 05:49:39 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <55C11D54.9090105@yandex.ru> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 80.179.55.184 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:188421 Archived-At: > Cc: deng@randomsample.de, eric@siege-engine.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org > From: Dmitry Gutov > Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 23:15:16 +0300 > > > E.g., there are a couple of standard ways to specify in a Makefile the > > directories where the project's files live. Other significant parts > > of a project's information in a Makefile are recipes to build the > > project, to install/uninstall it, to clean the tree, etc. Also, > > various standard commands, like compilation command, link command, a > > command that creates a library and a manual, etc. > > > > These are all clear candidates for "project information an interested > > Lisp program would like to extract", no? > > I can't easily answer that. What's the use for "command that creates a > manual" (even setting aside the fact that not all projects have that)? > Calling it in M-x project-create-manual, a command that only does that > one thing? Yes, for starters. Building the whole project from scratch, including the manuals, is another. Finding out whether the project _has_ a manual building instructions is yet another. > Not very interesting, IMHO. I don't understand this criterion. I think the criterion should be "is this useful".