Emacs 24.5 wordstar emulation (ws-mode.el)

Emacs 24.5 wordstar emulation (ws-mode.el)

[Douglas Quagliana]

Somebody wrote in the NEWS file
>*** tpu-edt.el, ws-mode.el
>These emulations of old editors are believed to be no longer relevant
> - contact emacs-devel@gnu.org if you disagree.

I disagree.  I still use ws-mode.el to emulate WordStar in emacs.  In
fact, I would like to see a combined C mode and WordStar mode but I
don't know enough of Emacs's LISP to be able to implement it myself.

Douglas

Re: Emacs 24.5 wordstar emulation (ws-mode.el)

[Ivan Shmakov]

>>>>> Douglas Quagliana <dquagliana@gmail.com> writes:

 > Somebody wrote in the NEWS file

 >> *** tpu-edt.el, ws-mode.el These emulations of old editors are
 >> believed to be no longer relevant - contact emacs-devel@gnu.org if
 >> you disagree.

 > I disagree.  I still use ws-mode.el to emulate WordStar in emacs.

	A suggested option is to move both to GNU ELPA.  It’s simple,
	it’s in my todo list, but not done yet.

[…]

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Re: Emacs 24.5 wordstar emulation (ws-mode.el)

[Douglas Quagliana]

If the suggestion is just to move ws-mode.el to GNU ELPA for packaging
purposes, but ws-mode.el will continue to function and continue to
work in the future as it does now, then I'm okay with that.
I just don't want ws-mode.el to be abandoned, as I'm afraid that then
it would stop working after some future upgrade.
Douglas

On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 2:50 PM, Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net> wrote:
>>>>>> Douglas Quagliana <dquagliana@gmail.com> writes:
>
>  > Somebody wrote in the NEWS file
>
>  >> *** tpu-edt.el, ws-mode.el These emulations of old editors are
>  >> believed to be no longer relevant - contact emacs-devel@gnu.org if
>  >> you disagree.
>
>  > I disagree.  I still use ws-mode.el to emulate WordStar in emacs.
>
>         A suggested option is to move both to GNU ELPA.  It’s simple,
>         it’s in my todo list, but not done yet.
>
> […]
>
> --
> FSF associate member #7257  http://am-1.org/~ivan/      … 3013 B6A0 230E 334A

Re: Emacs 24.5 wordstar emulation (ws-mode.el)

[Stefan Monnier]

> fact, I would like to see a combined C mode and WordStar mode but I

Clearly, like all such emulation modes, ws-mode should not be
a major-mode but a minor mode, that can then be combined with any other
major mode.

Patches welcome,


        Stefan

Re: Emacs 24.5 wordstar emulation (ws-mode.el)

[Douglas Quagliana]

Hi Stefan,
   I really haven't touched lisp since before I got my Masters degree.
Can you offer any suggestions on how to create the patch so that
wordstar mode is a minor mode instead of a major mode?  Any help or
pointers appreciated.

Regards,
Douglas

On May 5, 2015, at 6:52 AM, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:

>> fact, I would like to see a combined C mode and WordStar mode but I
>
> Clearly, like all such emulation modes, ws-mode should not be
> a major-mode but a minor mode, that can then be combined with any other
> major mode.
>
> Patches welcome,
>
>
>        Stefan