From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alex Schroeder Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: State of the art in Emacs outlining? Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 11:33:08 +0200 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <87r8fdcf8r.fsf@emacswiki.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1033292200 18190 127.0.0.1 (29 Sep 2002 09:36:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 09:36:40 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17vaVC-0004jF-00 for ; Sun, 29 Sep 2002 11:36:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17vaVR-0007gR-00; Sun, 29 Sep 2002 05:36:54 -0400 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Face: ^BC$`[IcggstLPyen&dqF+b2'zyK#r.mU*'Nms}@&4zw%SJ#5!/7SMVjBS7'lb;QK)|IPU5U'o1'522W4TyzB3Ab*IBo^iw]l4|kUbdZuUDO6=Um-.4IzhNiV'B"@K#jy_(wW|Zbk[34flKY^|PrQ?$u2\fKg^]AY>wOX#H32i Original-Lines: 18 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) Emacs/21.2.90 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Cancel-Lock: sha1:A+b0N9a6iDsonnPvBFkyCpA7J/o= Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 217.162.239.98 Original-X-Trace: news.swissonline.ch 1033291799 217.162.239.98 (29 Sep 2002 11:29:59 +0200) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@swissonline.ch Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!nntp.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!193.174.75.178!news-fra1.dfn.de!news-ge.switch.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.swissonline.ch!not-for-mail Original-Xref: nntp.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:105479 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:2024 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:2024 "Tom Davey" writes: > Is there a preferred elisp package (or combination) in use today for > Emacs outlining? I am a little confused by the several packages out > there -- outline.el, of course, and allout.el and folding.el and others > less known that promise improvements to outline.el -- and I thought I'd > ask about them before jumping in to learn one. I think your best bet is to stick to the Emacs standard until you have specific needs. These standard modes will be supported, improved, and eventually replaced by other versions of backwards-compatible stuff -- so you're always on the safe side. A no-brainer. Some people have collected descriptions and opinions here: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?CategoryOutline Alex.