From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Engster Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: A unified project root interface Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:18:25 +0100 Message-ID: <87li9juabi.fsf@engster.org> References: <20130309174419.6e1cadb4@forcix.kollektiv-hamburg.de> <87hakh2299.fsf@fimbulvetr.bsc.es> <513FBA1C.5040100@siege-engine.com> <87vc8vyy66.fsf@engster.org> <5143C11D.8070705@siege-engine.com> <87sj3vv35h.fsf@engster.org> <20130316160203.6b889aba@forcix.kollektiv-hamburg.de> <87ehffuf1g.fsf@engster.org> <20130317001630.125e1987@forcix.kollektiv-hamburg.de> <87y5dmsz5u.fsf@engster.org> <20130317191817.764a44f5@forcix.kollektiv-hamburg.de> <87ppywtj9s.fsf@engster.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1363677512 24812 80.91.229.3 (19 Mar 2013 07:18:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 07:18:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Jorgen Schaefer To: John Yates Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 19 08:18:57 2013 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 1UHqoz-00075m-4k for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:18:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59873 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UHqob-0001BW-V2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:18:33 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:55289) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UHqoY-00018r-Oz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:18:32 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UHqoX-0005Id-Hq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:18:30 -0400 Original-Received: from randomsample.de ([83.169.19.17]:37257) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UHqoX-0005IN-6T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:18:29 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=randomsample.de; s=a; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Date:References:In-Reply-To:Subject:Cc:To:From; bh=QHkvcHnpS9v+UgkkQJM8O9Ah+C9oHe8DbZoDXWo+ZEw=; b=AcVPSWw2nnm0LAUPXuQWO1iEOTpqAasRkzcIvOfmlV65AwAY5hfDEuaf/9uRTTKNMNyZRGsClJ+YjZ0IwSUOOxTp1oW9dU1KOxv8sI5s2Ofxqo87v8KTuyYV/Xrzeynl; Original-Received: from dslc-082-082-160-179.pools.arcor-ip.net ([82.82.160.179] helo=spaten) by randomsample.de with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UHqoU-0004dd-AV; Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:18:26 +0100 In-Reply-To: (John Yates's message of "Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:57:01 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130006 (Ma Gnus v0.6) Emacs/24.2.93 (gnu/linux) Mail-Followup-To: John Yates , Jorgen Schaefer , emacs-devel@gnu.org X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 83.169.19.17 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:157947 Archived-At: John Yates writes: > I took the sense of the OP to be that the concept of a project-root > deserved to become part of the core set of emacs concepts unrelated to > optional packages e.g. much as file and directory local variables. > Once the concept gets pulled into the core extension author simply > assume existence of project-root functionality without needing to have > to enable in any particular way. OK, if this is something which should be available with emacs -Q right at startup, then EDE is out. It indeed is too big for that. -David