From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: cperl-mode instead of perl-mode? Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 21:37:34 -0400 Message-ID: <87bqv3vcug.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> References: <86d5fn0xue.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> <86k69uv4ld.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> <87bqv5xv8w.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <87hd4vvrcn.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <86mzenlm34.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1145065086 25741 80.91.229.2 (15 Apr 2006 01:38:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 01:38:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 15 03:38:04 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FUZjW-0001Et-GU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 15 Apr 2006 03:37:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FUZjV-00087L-RA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 21:37:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FUZjH-00084S-4q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 21:37:39 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FUZjF-00081g-FE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 21:37:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FUZjF-00081N-5s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 21:37:37 -0400 Original-Received: from [209.226.175.110] (helo=tomts43-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FUZjL-00028f-3a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 21:37:43 -0400 Original-Received: from alfajor ([70.53.192.213]) by tomts43-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20060415013733.TPTV1543.tomts43-srv.bellnexxia.net@alfajor>; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 21:37:33 -0400 Original-Received: by alfajor (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A6D3E2FFCF; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 21:37:34 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) In-Reply-To: <86mzenlm34.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> (Randal L. Schwartz's message of "14 Apr 2006 17:27:27 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:52887 Archived-At: > The code is probably ugly because it actually works on 95% of Perl code out > there, instead of perl-mode which requires a lot more of "you code for > perl-mode, instead of perl-mode helping you". Could be, but note that current perl-mode is quite a bit better in this respect. Maybe still not as good as cperl-mode, but not nearly as far as it used to be (and in some cases, better). Stefan