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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Cc: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>,
	Deniz Dogan <deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com>,
	Daniel Colascione <danc@merrillpress.com>,
	Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com>, Emacs-Devel devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Why js2-mode in Emacs 23.2?
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:49:39 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvd4733ex8.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <buofxc05p1l.fsf@dhlpc061.dev.necel.com> (Miles Bader's message of "Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:24:38 +0900")

>> So I do believe js2-mode is maintained.  Also, while it it unusual,
>> I think it's a very interesting experiment in how Emacs could evolve
>> (similarly to CEDET).

> "Evolve"?  Is js2-mode's roll-everything-from-scratch code better than
> the existing infrastructure that it ignores (e.g. font-lock)?

;-)

I'm talking about the underlying algorithms.  E.g. I'd like to see
Emacs's infrastructure move towards providing general parsing technology
for all modes.  So the idea is that the functionality offered by
js2-mode should at some point be doable without having to
roll-everything-from-scratch.


        Stefan





  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-08-10 14:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 122+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-08-09 23:34 Why js2-mode in Emacs 23.2? Deniz Dogan
2009-08-09 23:38 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-09 23:46   ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-09 23:50     ` Deniz Dogan
2009-08-09 23:56       ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-09 23:56       ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-09 23:55     ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-09 23:58       ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-10  0:00         ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-10  0:06           ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-10  0:17             ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-10  0:46               ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-10  0:55                 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-10  0:18         ` Leo
2009-08-10  0:49           ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-10  7:06           ` Carsten Dominik
2009-08-10  8:44             ` Leo
2009-08-10  8:54               ` CHENG Gao
2009-08-10  9:26                 ` Leo
2009-08-10 10:22                   ` Richard Riley
2009-08-10 15:21                   ` eval-after-load not harmful after all (Was: Re: Why js-2mode?) Daniel Colascione
2009-08-10 17:01                     ` Drew Adams
2009-08-10 17:21                       ` eval-after-load not harmful after all Stefan Monnier
2009-08-11  0:43                       ` eval-after-load not harmful after all (Was: Re: Why js-2mode?) Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-08-11  0:46                         ` Drew Adams
2009-08-11 14:06                           ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-08-11 15:08                           ` eval-after-load not harmful after all Stefan Monnier
2009-08-16 21:43                             ` Leo
2009-08-17  0:34                               ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-17 11:44                                 ` Leo
2009-08-17 11:55                                   ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-17 12:26                                     ` Leo
2009-08-17 14:40                                       ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-11  0:53                         ` eval-after-load not harmful after all (Was: Re: Why js-2mode?) Lennart Borgman
2009-08-11  3:06                         ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-11  9:17                           ` Leo
2009-08-11 14:37                           ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-08-10 10:41               ` Why js2-mode in Emacs 23.2? Carsten Dominik
2009-08-10 13:04                 ` Leo
2009-08-10 14:55                   ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-11  1:13                 ` Glenn Morris
2009-08-11  3:02                   ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-11  4:28                     ` Dan Nicolaescu
2009-08-11  4:33                       ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-11  4:39                         ` Dan Nicolaescu
2009-08-11  4:45                           ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-11  4:37                     ` Glenn Morris
2009-08-10  2:47         ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-10  2:55           ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-10 13:12             ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-10  0:32   ` Leo
2009-08-10  0:48     ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-10  2:55       ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-10  3:24         ` Miles Bader
2009-08-10  3:27           ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-10  3:45             ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-10  5:18             ` Jason Rumney
2009-08-10  5:51           ` Xah Lee
2009-08-10  6:22             ` Xah Lee
2009-08-10  6:59               ` Miles Bader
2009-08-10 11:01             ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-10 17:35             ` "Font-lock is limited to text matching" is a myth Daniel Colascione
2009-08-10 18:04               ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-10 20:42                 ` David Engster
2009-08-10 20:51                   ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-10 22:06                     ` Eric M. Ludlam
2009-08-10 22:19                       ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-11  1:50                         ` Eric M. Ludlam
2009-08-11  6:47                           ` Steve Yegge
2009-08-11  9:17                             ` Miles Bader
2009-08-11 12:13                             ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-11 14:37                               ` Miles Bader
2009-08-11 14:49                                 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-11 14:57                                   ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-11 14:53                                 ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-11 15:08                                   ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-11 15:36                                   ` Miles Bader
2009-08-11 15:56                                 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-08-11 15:54                                   ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-11 17:00                                     ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-08-11 17:19                                       ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-11 15:57                                   ` Miles Bader
2009-08-11 17:06                                     ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-08-11 14:50                               ` Chong Yidong
2009-08-11 15:06                                 ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-11 15:11                                   ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-11 15:16                                     ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-11 15:44                                       ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-11 18:04                                   ` joakim
2009-08-11 18:08                                     ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-11 19:12                                       ` joakim
2009-08-11 17:09                               ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-11 16:04                             ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-11 18:10                               ` Edward O'Connor
2009-08-12  1:58                               ` Steve Yegge
2009-08-12 13:48                                 ` Chong Yidong
2009-08-12 16:07                                   ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-12 22:08                                   ` Steve Yegge
2009-08-14  1:22                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-12  2:16                               ` Eric M. Ludlam
2009-08-12  6:43                                 ` Miles Bader
2009-08-12 11:28                                   ` Xah Lee
2010-11-23 14:43                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-12 15:21                               ` asynchronous parsing (was: "Font-lock is limited to text matching" is a myth) Ted Zlatanov
2009-08-12 17:16                                 ` asynchronous parsing joakim
2009-08-12 19:39                                   ` Ted Zlatanov
2009-08-12 20:01                                     ` joakim
2009-08-13  2:51                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-13 14:51                                   ` Ted Zlatanov
2009-08-11 19:48                           ` "Font-lock is limited to text matching" is a myth Lennart Borgman
2009-08-10 18:47               ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-10 18:55                 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-11  3:33                   ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-10 14:49           ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2009-08-10  6:46         ` Why js2-mode in Emacs 23.2? Deniz Dogan
2009-08-10 14:53           ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-10 14:05       ` Stephen Eilert
2009-08-10 14:37         ` Lennart Borgman
2009-08-10 14:42           ` Deniz Dogan
2009-08-10 19:12           ` Stephen Eilert
2009-08-10 14:41         ` Deniz Dogan
2009-08-10 14:57           ` Lennart Borgman

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