From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Major mode and implementation of expected editing facilities Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 05:33:05 +0300 Message-ID: <83h89eyopq.fsf@gnu.org> References: <82832b3f-9e1c-cc3a-0a47-24e752e5b56c@grinta.net> <83blzn1epr.fsf@gnu.org> <0638d02d-967a-f0db-89f7-02f97bab87ba@grinta.net> <0C100B81-F296-44C7-8098-3111C709A8F1@gnu.org> <835zpu1ve2.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="163775"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: daniele@grinta.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: John Yates Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 29 04:33:31 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hVoP9-000gRK-Jx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 May 2019 04:33:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45841 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hVoP8-0001Ly-5r for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 28 May 2019 22:33:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:56636) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hVoOx-0001Kv-27 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 May 2019 22:33:16 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:44059) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hVoOs-0002l3-BD; Tue, 28 May 2019 22:33:12 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1444 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1hVoOf-00013Q-Ph; Tue, 28 May 2019 22:33:01 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from John Yates on Tue, 28 May 2019 15:37:47 -0400) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] 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:237134 Archived-At: > From: John Yates > Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 15:37:47 -0400 > Cc: Daniele Nicolodi , Emacs developers > > What Daniele seeks makes eminent sense to me. I never said it made no sense to me. > If we are anxious to have new contributors who actually want to do a > craftsman-like job writing a new mode then we should do what we can to > help them along. That we have not yet started writing down some of this > wisdom is no excuse not to start. I am confident that beginning a chapter > on building a new mode would trigger much interesting discussion. If you or someone else want to suggest improvements for that chapter of the manual, please do, and thanks in advance.