From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Davin Pearson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Trouble fontifying /** ... */ Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 21:10:16 +1300 Message-ID: <8d7d1e6d0902020010x682f92ddv92175b7de99a4a9f@mail.gmail.com> References: <8d7d1e6d0901252100r3d2c8f5p699cd67b8600fb07@mail.gmail.com> <20090126192020.GC1417@muc.de> <8d7d1e6d0901261804w2791a677xc71fbb74d118c00f@mail.gmail.com> <20090127091908.GA2116@muc.de> <8d7d1e6d0901282102jc6b276btc8f2f1609b07f335@mail.gmail.com> <20090129133316.GA1682@muc.de> <8d7d1e6d0901312017k3811d8aan70ac0baf151361c2@mail.gmail.com> <20090201120533.GB1431@muc.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1233562277 10882 80.91.229.12 (2 Feb 2009 08:11:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 08:11:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Alan Mackenzie Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 02 09:12:30 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LTtue-0002lM-Mt for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:12:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33520 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LTttL-0003hZ-RZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:10:51 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LTtt0-0003hA-EA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:10:30 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LTtsx-0003gy-Qt for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:10:28 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55610 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LTtsx-0003gv-Kk for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:10:27 -0500 Original-Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:62991) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LTtsw-000555-Ug for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:10:27 -0500 Original-Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.142.189]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LTtsr-0001B8-LS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:10:22 -0500 Original-Received: by ti-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id u5so578192tia.10 for ; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:10:17 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Y25MV7idJiO5NsQfqN8BVNMnhwlWF7tcAWxE8QTAlkA=; b=lsY226IFfisW+JRHWLXvxUJ1Dy94vcSmNqlVyZbwbiKzX9g/SIfsnajkzdRJUUNEJ2 TWZxY27F21x350RInaYH00LB/054vxqLNBqxNaFnTAo0QwujrNdwKNIhgvN/XKK0TG89 KmjpOzjpwDIsz3bSEu5prW79Vygb6LaeaqD4M= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=jg4lxqRzklA333RWJFdOzCr8ATs39gZ5OungxSVMpM7AtgNW8GKtwKPzOv4NZIrijZ 0Hb+IiAD5XYW44aGGjL0wskeJgNnuAXgNET0Rj/j2ObpV1CBYltYzH2gtRkzQktr+8vJ 0y+8WLrb5a3FAI3troL6dRXeHYO97zWtvzdHg= Original-Received: by 10.110.14.3 with SMTP id 3mr6113444tin.27.1233562216433; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:10:16 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20090201120533.GB1431@muc.de> X-detected-kernel: by mx20.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:61851 Archived-At: 2009/2/2 Alan Mackenzie : >> What about email attachments. Are they acceptable? > > Sort of, I suppose. But "acceptable" isn't perhaps the best way of > looking at it. The posts on help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org are all competing for > the attention of people able to answer them. Anything which makes it a > hassle to see what somebody is asking about reduces the chances of > anybody bothering with this hassle. I see your point here. Simpler & Quicker for people reading my email messages is better. > Ouch! I hate this sort of thing - software which imposes "helpful" > features on you. "Hey! Gmail fills text for you AUTOMATICALLY!!!!". > Then developers justify it with "but that's what \"most people\" want". > > Does this line splitting happen when you're composing the email (which > you can correct, and isn't too bad, because you're only pasting in a > small amount of text ;-), or after you've posted it (which is > inexcusable)? > > Does Gmail perhaps have some options you could set to fix this? > Something like "text width" or "automatic filling", or something? > Gmail's written by Google, isn't it? I thought they were decent software > engineers. Not that I can find. > How about submitting a bug report to Gmail? And if that doesn't get you > anywhere, start using a decent email client instead? > > Anyhow, any progress with your font-locking stuff? No luck as yet! By the way, were you responsible for writing the original Emacs java-mode? -- Sincerely and kindest regards, Davin. Davin Pearson http://www.davinpearson.com