From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: /* */ style comments in C++ sources Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 19:15:56 +0300 Message-ID: <8360fv29j7.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83shjvmmeq.fsf@gnu.org> <20170523203144.GB10407@acm.fritz.box> <83k257m1jp.fsf@gnu.org> <20170524205316.GA6009@acm.fritz.box> <83wp95ll7z.fsf@gnu.org> <20170525154841.GA5313@acm.fritz.box> <20170526091626.GA4643@acm.fritz.box> <20170615211006.GB6625@acm.fritz.box> <83wp8c1mgh.fsf@gnu.org> <20170616115013.GC2993@acm.fritz.box> <83efuk1305.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1497630053 23598 195.159.176.226 (16 Jun 2017 16:20:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 16:20:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 16 18:20:48 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dLtzM-0005pe-9J for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2017 18:20:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59788 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dLtzP-0000t1-SM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2017 12:20:51 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56297) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dLtuy-0006Nn-1u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2017 12:16:16 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dLtut-0003RC-Sg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2017 12:16:15 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:55759) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dLtut-0003R0-Po; Fri, 16 Jun 2017 12:16:11 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:4857 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1dLtus-000231-M8; Fri, 16 Jun 2017 12:16:11 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Stefan Monnier on Fri, 16 Jun 2017 10:25:47 -0400) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:215673 Archived-At: > From: Stefan Monnier > Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 10:25:47 -0400 > > > You can set `comment-start` and `comment-end` already just fine, and that > > will work with any old Emacs that supports .dir-locals.el (and not just > > for CC-modes). > > We could probably improve on this fairly easily by adding > a comment-end-alist so that the user only needs to set comment-start and > the matching comment-end would automatically be chosen. I thought back when you first suggested this, and I still think now that letting users futz with these variables is not TRT. We need a command or a defcustom, which will do whatever is needed, including setting these variables.