From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: "Font-lock is limited to text matching" is a myth Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:48:26 -0400 Message-ID: <87eirhywgl.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <7b501d5c0908091634ndfba631vd9db6502db301097@mail.gmail.com> <200908101335.24002.danc@merrillprint.com> <87my67s8mr.fsf@randomsample.de> <1249942011.29022.15.camel@projectile.siege-engine.com> <1249955428.29022.186.camel@projectile.siege-engine.com> <9c768dc60908102347v57bdf38ara9fe2179f68c07e4@mail.gmail.com> <9c768dc60908111858n5acf6b9fs43f7fef5c07ad272@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1250084937 2313 80.91.229.12 (12 Aug 2009 13:48:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:48:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Daniel Colascione , David Engster , Daniel Colascione , Lennart Borgman , Deniz Dogan , Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org, Leo , Miles Bader To: Steve Yegge Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 12 15:48:49 2009 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 1MbEC5-0002N3-IC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:48:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52053 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MbEC3-0000fp-Bu for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:48:43 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MbEBy-0000fj-Nh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:48:38 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MbEBu-0000fI-39 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:48:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33140 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MbEBt-0000fD-Rq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:48:33 -0400 Original-Received: from pantheon-po42.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.101]:49455) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MbEBq-0004Va-T1; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:48:30 -0400 Original-Received: from furry (dhcp128036014244.central.yale.edu [128.36.14.244]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po42.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id n7CDmRL4028503 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:48:27 -0400 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7B63EC070; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:48:26 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <9c768dc60908111858n5acf6b9fs43f7fef5c07ad272@mail.gmail.com> (Steve Yegge's message of "Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:58:03 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 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:114141 Archived-At: Steve Yegge writes: > I've now had a chance to take a quick look at espresso-mode, and it > looks like it's most likely a better choice for inclusion in Emacs, > assuming it works well. > > I like the idea of making js2-mode a minor mode that can supply parse > errors and warnings asynchronously if enabled. That's its core > strength in any case. If Daniel's amenable I'd be happy to start > working with him in that direction. Good, thanks for taking the time to look at this. Would it be possible to call the javascript mode in Emacs javascript-mode? Is there any historical reason?