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: Do we need a major mode for verilog? Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:35:33 -0400 Message-ID: References: <5065e2900608250820q16af08adkc5214c78b6bc4210@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1156538166 21607 80.91.229.2 (25 Aug 2006 20:36:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 20:36:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 25 22:36:02 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GGiPA-0001JA-4s for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 22:35:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GGiP9-0006T7-Np for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:35:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GGiOv-0006PQ-Kg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:35:37 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GGiOt-0006Ky-Lo for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:35:37 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GGiOt-0006Kq-JY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:35:35 -0400 Original-Received: from [209.226.175.25] (helo=tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GGiXF-0004SP-EA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:44:13 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([70.55.147.36]) by tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20060825203534.KUEC18394.tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net@localhost>; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:35:34 -0400 Original-Received: by localhost (Postfix, from userid 20848) id DA6A98E4E; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:35:33 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: "Sun Yijiang" In-Reply-To: <5065e2900608250820q16af08adkc5214c78b6bc4210@mail.gmail.com> (Sun Yijiang's message of "Fri, 25 Aug 2006 23:20:20 +0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:58881 Archived-At: > I used to live in Emacs and work with verilog every day but could not > find a satisfying major mode for verilog, so I wrote one myself (named > vlog-mode) and made it public on sourceforge since Dec 2004 > (http://vlog-mode.sf.net). since there's no default major mode for > verilog, I wonder if there's a need for such a major mode and if > vlog-mode is a qualified candidate. I wish that vlog-mode could > become part of GNU Emacs distribution since the next release. There is also http://www.veripool.com/verilog-mode.html (http://www.veripool.com/ftp/verilog-mode.el.gz). Looking at your tarball, I don't see any comparison with it, could you outline the respective strength/weaknesses? Stefan