From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: JD Smith Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Updating idlwave in Emacs Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 15:12:58 -0400 Message-ID: <2076CC72-852C-4AE3-ADBC-B2EC388F73CC@gmail.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.6\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1405451617 14785 80.91.229.3 (15 Jul 2014 19:13:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 19:13:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 15 21:13:29 2014 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 1X78AJ-0003IU-Jx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 21:13:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36243 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X78AJ-0007Am-54 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 15:13:27 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37765) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X78AB-00078z-ME for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 15:13:25 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X78A0-0000O7-Ac for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 15:13:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-qc0-x235.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c01::235]:37721) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X789u-0000M0-C7; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 15:13:02 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-qc0-f181.google.com with SMTP id w7so2526186qcr.12 for ; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 12:13:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=content-type:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=kUrLbk5UITSFpiSDkV4MXX2+5eqG0OIKqmh7NZwGLMg=; b=tqNT+W2MLcu8P/rfDCnb2auJ+2RS74Psm13u0czSFOYRVbLSbHfwrUEjtWBw8ARtng +w2433aDN82oSUyPoZrGwyUkRWfPlHErqhymg2OpqWSIYZJ2vvK//I9eA1SS+ehbWlzw 9cuBL4CUx67YFCND4g+c+cK6zfvjoWIGRgrMiXtVxDWD0R5f8Z95CPyperjT53G0xkPN 1GgqykpcQ9dJoCk3V+IcjTER5/EwtUnP2A8J91te1VKYsGoX4fiQFqN4/Z/cVrTQ5ZBL Sz1AzGBs9Wwl++jECaqb2ewK6be8dSjmJKQkRYCD0d+J2AUhA56bZlmSpxvrQKSuM7xk AzeA== X-Received: by 10.224.2.196 with SMTP id 4mr36208207qak.60.1405451581082; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 12:13:01 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from [192.168.0.5] (cblmdm72-241-164-153.buckeyecom.net. [72.241.164.153]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id x1sm27375294qaj.19.2014.07.15.12.12.59 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 15 Jul 2014 12:13:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1878.6) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400d:c01::235 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:173040 Archived-At: Hi Glenn, Thanks for your note, and apologies for the delay. IDLWAVE maintenance = has fallen somewhat behind due to my many other commitments. In fact = sadly the version shipping with the current Emacs has a number of issues = which make it less than useful for users of modern IDLs. That said, = there is still a largish core group of users. I also have a few = potential replacement maintainers interested, and have placed the = repository on github. I've reorganized, split out, and cleaned up the = code structure, to hopefully make it easier for others to contribute. What I see as the best long term solution is to remove IDLWAVE from = Emacs core, and bundle it as a package, but I don't have any experience = with packages (other than as a user). I am also somewhat daunted by the = need to backport changes from the Emacs core version of idlwave which = have accumulated over the past 6 or so years. =20 I'd really like to see IDLWAVE working well again for Emacs users. Any = advice or assistance you could provide on these issues would be = appreciated. =20 Best, JDS On Jul 15, 2014, at 11:47 AM, Glenn Morris wrote: >=20 > Hi - just a reminder about this. >=20 > Glenn Morris wrote: >=20 >> I noticed that the version of idlwave distributed with Emacs seems to >> lag quite a bit behind your version (looks like no updates from you = were >> installed since 2007... :( ). It would be great to sync up the Emacs >> version with your version. >>=20 >> Is that something you are interested in helping with? >> It looks like you already have write access to Emacs?