From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Simon South Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Delphi, Pascal, delphi-mode, pascal-mode, and free software Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:01:45 -0400 Message-ID: <1284375705.2262.4.camel@hamlet.localdomain> References: <1284118567.2190.29.camel@hamlet.localdomain> <1284197299.2190.95.camel@hamlet.localdomain> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1284375721 21029 80.91.229.12 (13 Sep 2010 11:02:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:02:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 13 13:02:00 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ov6nM-00037t-Me for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:01:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53452 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ov6nM-0004bx-5H for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:01:56 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=33017 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ov6nG-0004am-J4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:01:51 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ov6nF-0003t9-97 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:01:50 -0400 Original-Received: from caiajhbdcaid.dreamhost.com ([208.97.132.83]:58910 helo=postalmail-a6.g.dreamhost.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ov6nF-0003sy-4B for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:01:49 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.168.1.107] (CPE0019b90fad23-CM00407b87aa6e.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [99.238.107.135]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by postalmail-a6.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DB2388733; Mon, 13 Sep 2010 04:01:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Evolution 2.30.3 (2.30.3-1.fc13) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:130040 Archived-At: On Sat, 2010-09-11 at 12:52 +0200, Stefan Monnier wrote: > One thing I'd like to see with delphi.el (other than renaming it) is to > use "standard" facilities like the syntax-table, rather than do all the > parsing by hand. > > Do you have any idea what that would take? No, this is all still pretty new to me. Is there a guide to best practices for major modes anywhere, or could you suggest a "good" mode I could use as an example? -- Simon South Independent Software Developer Phone: +1 647 258 5662 Email: ssouth@simonsouth.ca