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: Why js2-mode in Emacs 23.2? Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:49:39 -0400 Message-ID: References: <7b501d5c0908091634ndfba631vd9db6502db301097@mail.gmail.com> <5683A82C-C186-45EB-9290-76F87859E353@merrillpress.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1249916915 787 80.91.229.12 (10 Aug 2009 15:08:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:08:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Lennart Borgman , Deniz Dogan , Daniel Colascione , Leo , Emacs-Devel devel To: Miles Bader Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 10 17:08:27 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 1MaWU6-0006Vs-T2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:08:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50937 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MaWU5-0004uJ-Ug for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:08:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MaWCK-0003nA-9T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:50:04 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MaWCF-0003hp-D0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:50:03 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45062 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MaWCF-0003hZ-4E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:49:59 -0400 Original-Received: from tomts13.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.34]:44646 helo=tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MaWCC-0007g5-R2; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:49:57 -0400 Original-Received: from toip7.srvr.bell.ca ([209.226.175.124]) by tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20090810144940.CQMZ27263.tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net@toip7.srvr.bell.ca>; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:49:40 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApsEAE/Lf0pGN48s/2dsb2JhbACBUs4WgjyBXAU Original-Received: from bas1-montreal42-1178046252.dsl.bell.ca (HELO ceviche.home) ([70.55.143.44]) by toip7.srvr.bell.ca with ESMTP; 10 Aug 2009 10:52:28 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 3D042B454F; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:49:40 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Miles Bader's message of "Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:24:38 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 8 (1) 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:113969 Archived-At: >> 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