From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: IDE Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 16:52:01 -0400 Message-ID: References: <831td9z18h.fsf@gnu.org> <5612E996.7090700@yandex.ru> <83bnc7tavr.fsf@gnu.org> <5618C92A.3040207@yandex.ru> <83a8rrt9ag.fsf@gnu.org> <5618D376.1080700@yandex.ru> <831td3t62e.fsf@gnu.org> <5618E51D.4070800@yandex.ru> <83twpzrp05.fsf@gnu.org> <5618ED93.8000001@yandex.ru> <83lhbbrnn7.fsf@gnu.org> <56191EBE.5050404@yandex.ru> <83612essaw.fsf@gnu.org> <877fmuix68.fsf@isaac.fritz.box> <8337xispn2.fsf@gnu.org> <56195055.6010409@gmx.at> <87oag6ftoq.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <83pp0mr1f7.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1444596757 17836 80.91.229.3 (11 Oct 2015 20:52:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 20:52:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: dak@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 11 22:52:29 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 1ZlNbY-0001FD-TT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Oct 2015 22:52:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49715 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZlNbY-0006UD-4n for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Oct 2015 16:52:28 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53631) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZlNb9-0006Ok-Dn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Oct 2015 16:52:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZlNb8-0003FY-Fi for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Oct 2015 16:52:03 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:51700) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZlNb8-0003FT-DU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Oct 2015 16:52:02 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1ZlNb7-0007Jt-5y; Sun, 11 Oct 2015 16:52:01 -0400 In-reply-to: <83pp0mr1f7.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Eli Zaretskii on Sat, 10 Oct 2015 22:03:40 +0300) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e 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:191273 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > I indeed think that we should have infrastructure to turn on a major > mode in a region of a buffer. I have tried to encourage progress in this direction for 15 years. > I'm not sure we should use text properties or overlays for that, > though. The region could be part of the command that turns on the > mode with region limits stored in markers. The two are not necessarily alternatives. They might be two different levels of functionality. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (internethalloffame.org) Skype: No way! See stallman.org/skype.html.