From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thomas Lord Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: emacs lisp in javascript? Date: Tue, 01 May 2012 10:59:27 -0700 Message-ID: <1335895167.2966.22.camel@dell-desktop.example.com> References: <1335892568.2966.7.camel@dell-desktop.example.com> <87wr4vvlvy.fsf@googlemail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1335895181 16746 80.91.229.3 (1 May 2012 17:59:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 17:59:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Thorsten Jolitz Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 01 19:59:40 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SPHMN-0000Fy-Sw for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 May 2012 19:59:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56875 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SPHMN-0007Mq-46 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 May 2012 13:59:35 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:48408) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SPHMK-0007MX-0l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 May 2012 13:59:33 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SPHMI-0004Bu-7y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 May 2012 13:59:31 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp121.dfw.emailsrvr.com ([67.192.241.121]:39958) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SPHMI-0004Bk-42 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 May 2012 13:59:30 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp12.relay.dfw1a.emailsrvr.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 5F47C3C1493; Tue, 1 May 2012 13:59:28 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: OK Original-Received: by smtp12.relay.dfw1a.emailsrvr.com (Authenticated sender: lord-AT-emf.net) with ESMTPSA id D9FF13C136E; Tue, 1 May 2012 13:59:27 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87wr4vvlvy.fsf@googlemail.com> X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.3 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 67.192.241.121 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:150190 Archived-At: Well, the specific goal I had in mind was this: Suppose that you could run GNU Emacs in any decent browser, storing your files over the net -- in something similar to DropBox or Google Drive. The servers would be free software, with multiple providers, good terms of service, and sane security features, unlike DropBox and Google Drive. -t On Tue, 2012-05-01 at 19:42 +0200, Thorsten Jolitz wrote: > Thomas Lord writes: > > > Is it viable to implement GNU Emacs Lisp in > > Javascript? Has anyone explored the question > > and gotten anywhere? > > The other way around: > Ejacs is a JavaScript interpreter for Emacs, written entirely in Emacs > Lisp. > http://steve-yegge.blogspot.de/2008/11/ejacs-javascript-interpreter-for-emacs.html >