From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add prettify symbols to python-mode Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 22:10:42 +0200 Message-ID: <8737y499rx.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <1442777283-27514-1-git-send-email-mvoteiza@udel.edu> <20150921005306.GA29147@holos> <87h9mlwt6l.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <83bnctliay.fsf@gnu.org> <83oagtjemn.fsf@gnu.org> <87oagt84e7.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <83mvwdjc5v.fsf@gnu.org> <87k2rh81c5.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <83io71j5wt.fsf@gnu.org> <87fv249b7i.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <83fv24kjc8.fsf@gnu.org> <877fng9afm.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <83eghokilb.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1443039363 11028 80.91.229.3 (23 Sep 2015 20:16:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 20:16:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: xfq.free@gmail.com, Stromeko@nexgo.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 23 22:15:55 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZeqSD-0006WQ-Um for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Sep 2015 22:15:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50457 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZeqSD-0005Ry-Ao for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Sep 2015 16:15:49 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39493) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZeqRz-0005Qu-0P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Sep 2015 16:15:35 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZeqRx-0007cy-3s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Sep 2015 16:15:34 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:39457) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZeqRr-0007Ma-Ma; Wed, 23 Sep 2015 16:15:27 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53087 helo=lola) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1ZeqNG-0006Kc-Te; Wed, 23 Sep 2015 16:10:43 -0400 Original-Received: by lola (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1C90AE0F08; Wed, 23 Sep 2015 22:10:42 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <83eghokilb.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Wed, 23 Sep 2015 23:04:48 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:190312 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: David Kastrup >> Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 21:56:29 +0200 >> Cc: xfq.free@gmail.com, Stromeko@nexgo.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org >> >> There is not much to gain by basing one's plans on "people should" >> rather than "people will". > > I am not making any plans in this regard. If you are right (which is > by no means a given), and people "will not", then Emacs has no future. Emacs has no future shaped by drive-by C programmers. That's quite different from, say, the Linux kernel where you can improve some internal data structure or algorithm without having to relearn how to express yourself. -- David Kastrup