From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
Cc: manuel@ledu-giraud.fr, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org,
jonas@bernoul.li
Subject: Re: with-editor seems like a bug fix
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2024 15:58:43 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86o77jj470.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ed8f531w.fsf@gmx.de> (message from Michael Albinus on Sat, 29 Jun 2024 14:47:07 +0200)
> From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
> Cc: manuel@ledu-giraud.fr, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org,
> jonas@bernoul.li
> Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2024 14:47:07 +0200
>
> >> TL;DR: I don't believe with-editor is just a bug fix. There are reasons
> >> for the implementation as-it-is. It might profit from using
> >> emacsclient also for the remote case (when possible), but nobody
> >> has taken the stab.
> >
> > I don't see how we can discuss a package which solves problems we
> > don't understand.
>
> Oh, we understand. When there is no emacsclient on the remote host, we
> cannot use it. with-editor solves this problems.
I meant in the local case.
For the remote case, if you think the solution in with-editor is the
best we can do, let's install something like that in our own code, or
maybe provide a user option for doing that.
> > Until and unless someone describes the problems which with-editor
> > solves in enough detail for us to understand what goes wrong and
> > where, I don't think we can discuss the addition of the package to
> > core.
>
> Yep, there are more use cases to investigate. But there doesn't seem
> enough pressure (from users) to change the status quo.
>
> I believe it is OK to keep with-editor in ELPA.
Fine by me. Removal from ELPA was never on the table.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-06-29 12:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-06-27 3:07 with-editor seems like a bug fix Richard Stallman
2024-06-27 5:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-06-27 6:14 ` Po Lu
2024-06-27 9:44 ` Manuel Giraud via Emacs development discussions.
2024-06-27 10:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-06-27 10:58 ` Michael Albinus
2024-06-29 11:06 ` Michael Albinus
2024-06-29 12:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-06-29 12:47 ` Michael Albinus
2024-06-29 12:58 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2024-06-29 14:39 ` Michael Albinus
2024-06-29 15:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-06-29 16:08 ` Michael Albinus
2024-07-02 19:43 ` Jonas Bernoulli
2024-07-06 11:15 ` Michael Albinus
2024-06-30 11:51 ` Manuel Giraud via Emacs development discussions.
2024-07-01 1:52 ` Stefan Kangas
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