From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Stephen J. Turnbull" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: font-lock-maximum-decoration should be 2 by default? Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 22:23:35 +0900 Message-ID: <874nnz3tig.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> References: <87wr0x8zxj.fsf@gmail.com> <831uj5bnid.fsf@gnu.org> <87obm98trc.fsf@gmail.com> <95FA6116C6194DAAA658F916B48C5E23@us.oracle.com> <874no12tan.fsf_-_@gmail.com> <87a9xsokd9.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87a9xs1pqu.fsf@gmail.com> <874nnzrvc2.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87r4r385of.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1345382628 10432 80.91.229.3 (19 Aug 2012 13:23:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 13:23:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'Eli Zaretskii' , Drew Adams , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Vitalie Spinu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 19 15:23:47 2012 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 1T35Tm-0007XN-FG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 19 Aug 2012 15:23:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45464 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T35Tk-0003HX-V3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 19 Aug 2012 09:23:44 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:55708) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T35Ti-0003HG-1J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Aug 2012 09:23:42 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T35Th-0002cG-3T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Aug 2012 09:23:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mgmt2.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp ([130.158.97.224]:47276) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T35Tf-0002bm-GO; Sun, 19 Aug 2012 09:23:39 -0400 Original-Received: from uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp [130.158.99.156]) by mgmt2.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3718F9701B2; Sun, 19 Aug 2012 22:23:36 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (Postfix, from userid 1000) id EB1D21A30AE; Sun, 19 Aug 2012 22:23:35 +0900 (JST) In-Reply-To: <87r4r385of.fsf@gmail.com> X-Mailer: VM 8.0.12-devo-585 under 21.5 (beta31) "ginger" b4715fcbe001 XEmacs Lucid (x86_64-unknown-linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 130.158.97.224 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:152675 Archived-At: Vitalie Spinu writes: > The full spectrum of Emacs users is broader than you seem to > think. I don't disagree with you on the *range* of the distribution of Emacs users; I disagree with you on the *location* of the main weight of the distribution. Examples speak to the question of range, but I already gave my own regarding the two extremes. And as I already pointed out, there are people who should have better information about location than either of us: the maintainers. > It's not only hardcore programmers, like you are. I don't consider myself a hardcore programmer. What makes you think I am? I simply have a broad range of interests, and digging into code is one of them. Writing code is not something I have much time for on a regular basis, unfortunately. My contributions are mostly in the line of review, documentation, standards-mongering, and release management. > Consistent in customization interface, not in that fontification is > set by default. If there is variable font-lock-maximum-decoration > that should be it. No X-mode-maximum-font-lock, > foo-mode-best-font-lock or boo-mode-try-this-font-lock-level etc. I agree with that, who wouldn't? But that's not what you wrote before, and it doesn't help with the question of setting good defaults. Steve