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: Status of IPA patch? Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:17:52 -0400 Message-ID: References: <4A807E29.1030405@gmail.com> <19072.33612.609778.383349@parhasard.net> <19091.42502.25570.15813@parhasard.net> <874orrpyhf.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <19096.13383.386174.210218@parhasard.net> <87fxbbn236.fsf@mail.jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1251515892 2168 80.91.229.12 (29 Aug 2009 03:18:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:18:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Aidan Kehoe , emacs-devel@gnu.org, Oleksandr Gavenko To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 29 05:18:05 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 1MhES4-0001Q8-Ag for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:18:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35493 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MhES3-0002PW-4F for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:18:03 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MhERy-0002PR-U0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:17:58 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MhERu-0002PF-Fu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:17:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42502 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MhERu-0002PC-AD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:17:54 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]:50661 helo=ironport2-out.teksavvy.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MhERu-0000FW-12 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:17:54 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AhsFAMwzmEpFpYuS/2dsb2JhbACBU9cJhBkFh2Y X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,294,1249272000"; d="scan'208";a="44464082" Original-Received: from 69-165-139-146.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.165.139.146]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 28 Aug 2009 23:16:53 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id C39577F42; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:17:52 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87fxbbn236.fsf@mail.jurta.org> (Juri Linkov's message of "Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:57:33 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:114813 Archived-At: >> > I don't know why your patch wasn't accepted. Maybe you have no legal >> > papers, or it's because you need to split it to two steps where the fi= rst >> > step is the conversion to utf-8. Also since all input methods in Emacs >> > are grouped by their name prefix, the names of new IPA input methods >> > should be "ipa-kirshenbaum" and "ipa-x-sampa". >> To make completion harder? > No, common prefixes make completion easier. Not necessarily. It makes "shortest unique prefix" longer, so you may end up having to type more in order to select a particular value. E.g. compare "C-u C-\ ki RET" to " "C-u C-\ ip-k RET". >> I=E2=80=99ve signed papers assigning all my Emacs work to GNU; twice, in= fact. >> http://mid.gmane.org/16816.39575.977351.530618.dm0@vm.parhasard.net and >> http://mid.gmane.org/17502.9536.699823.232214@parhasard.net for the two >> relevant timeframes. If the two-steps thing was an issue, no-one actually >> said that, Stefan just asked for clarification about what I was doing. > Thank you for your efforts. I hope Stefan will decide what to do > with your patch now. The problem is that I'm not in a position to judge. If nobody see a problem with it, feel free to install it. Stefan