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From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: Joe Higton <draxil@gmail.com>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Changing the default perl mode
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:39:05 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <871uqiqx92.fsf@rho.meyering.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F239871.90405@cs.ucla.edu> (Paul Eggert's message of "Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:40:49 -0800")

Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 01/27/2012 05:30 AM, Joe Higton wrote:
>> What are the chances of changing the default
>> emacs mode for Perl to cperl-mode?
>
> If that's the established favorite, then I'd say the chances
> should be fairly good.  I suggest filing a bug report (you can
> use M-x report-emacs-bug), preferably with a patch; you can then
> track its status at <http://debbugs.gnu.org/>.  Emacs is
> in feature-freeze right now, in preparation for Emacs 24,
> so any change wouldn't happen right away.

Good idea.  Long overdue.
It would be good for new Perl/Emacs users everywhere.
I've been a happy user of cperl-mode since 1997, and never
looked back (so I don't know if perl-mode is now a competitor).



      reply	other threads:[~2012-01-29 16:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-01-27 13:30 Changing the default perl mode Joe Higton
2012-01-28  6:40 ` Paul Eggert
2012-01-29 16:39   ` Jim Meyering [this message]

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