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: Release plans Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:48:10 -0700 Message-ID: <48BDA68A.3050905@emf.net> References: <878wusz0v9.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87vdxp27z6.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87prnxe5hc.fsf@rattlesnake.com> <873aktck5d.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87k5e5dsvq.fsf@rattlesnake.com> <48B44802.1080302@emf.net> <48B5D5EF.2030501@emf.net> <20080827220906.GB5374@muc.de> <48B5FB11.6090708@emf.net> <48BC2FC0.90001@emf.net> <48BCA28B.7030508@emf.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1220385488 1588 80.91.229.12 (2 Sep 2008 19:58:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 19:58:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: acm@muc.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org, bob@rattlesnake.com To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 02 21:58:59 2008 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 4.50) id 1Kac0s-00028j-Ok for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:58:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56773 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Kabzt-0006ST-Nr for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:57:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Kabzn-0006Pf-UC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:56:59 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Kabzn-0006Og-CD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:56:59 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49138 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Kabzn-0006OK-2d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:56:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.42inc.com ([205.149.0.25]:50331) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (SSL 3.0:RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Kabzi-0002rU-30; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:56:54 -0400 X-TFF-CGPSA-Version: 1.5 X-TFF-CGPSA-Filter-42inc: Scanned X-42-Virus-Scanned: by 42 Antivirus -- Found to be clean. Original-Received: from [69.236.75.128] (account lord@emf.net HELO [192.168.1.64]) by mail.42inc.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.13) with ESMTPA id 38136309; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:56:50 -0700 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060808) In-Reply-To: X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:103440 Archived-At: Richard M. Stallman wrote: > current_column is one example of code that looks directly > at buffer contents. > I see. And like regex.c it has special-case hair to cope with the gap, etc. FWIW I think this new data structure will be *easier* to use and require less hair like that (but, proof is in the pudding so we'll see when it's done). > I cannot give an example from xdisp.c because I cannot find the code > that actually looks at the buffer. I don't remember the function name, > and I can't find the place it is called from either. > It looks to me like the display code has gotten gradually more cleanly abstract over the years. It still has all of the considerable hair/tedium that seems to be intrinsic to the redisplay problem but looks like it keeps a decent arm's length from buffer internals. It looks nicer than I remember it being way back. -t > > >