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: recording-elisp.el - try recording commands as elisp code Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:28:03 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87k5p05qsy.fsf@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1194338280 903 80.91.229.12 (6 Nov 2007 08:38:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 08:38:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: yezonghui@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 06 09:38:04 2007 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 1IpJwg-0006MD-8F for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:38:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IpJwV-0006CH-53 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:37:51 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IpJwP-0006Ak-W5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:37:46 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IpJwK-00067Y-Vn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:37:45 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IpJwK-00067Q-SR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:37:40 -0500 Original-Received: from tomts40.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.97] helo=tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IpJwA-0005YF-Jj; Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:37:31 -0500 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([70.55.140.67]) by tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20071106083726.XEAO1617.tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.net@pastel.home>; Tue, 6 Nov 2007 03:37:26 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id DA7CD7FC8; Tue, 6 Nov 2007 03:28:03 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Mon\, 05 Nov 2007 21\:16\:13 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: 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:82634 Archived-At: > It's always a source of problems, but before you accumulate a few > solutions for a few packages, it's often difficult to figure out > what's the right way to provide a generic functionality which packages > can then use (so that the details relating to each package get moved > to the relevant package). > I find that implementing specific solutions for a few uses is often > the best way to figure out what general functionality is needed. > Theoretical thinking, not guided by practical experience, often leads > to solving the wrong problem. Great minds think alike ;-) Stefan