From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to make emacs auto-recognize utf-8 encoded files upon visiting Date: 27 Sep 2002 23:41:36 +0900 Organization: Global Online Japan Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <87ofajwl3z.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1033138636 13471 127.0.0.1 (27 Sep 2002 14:57:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 14:57:16 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17uwYM-0003V8-00 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 16:57:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17uwYW-0004gw-00; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 10:57:24 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!nntp.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!jpix!newsfeed.gol.com!203.216.70.8.MISMATCH!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 34 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: tc-2-246.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp Original-X-Trace: nnrp.gol.com 1033137697 25828 203.216.25.246 (27 Sep 2002 14:41:37 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@gol.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 14:41:37 +0000 (UTC) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Original-Xref: nntp.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:105393 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:1942 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:1942 Charles Muller writes: > I noticed a good bit of negative reaction toward TEI-Emacs when I > first mentioned it, where people expressed alarm about the TEI people > not caring about the about the GPL and not reporting to the GNU > development team. I think that these concerns come as a result of > people not really checking into what the package is, and what it does. > It is not a new version of Emacs, such as XEmacs. It is simply an > add-on, that contains mode enhancements, and some of its own new > modes--just the way people are accustomed to adding on calendar modes, > e-mail packages, or whatever. It's perfectly fine for groups such as the TEI to have such add-on packages, and it's certainly not necessary for them to `write to the GNU development team and then wait for a future version for it to be implemented.' However, for people who have developed big packages, I think it would be a good thing to try to maintain some sort of `loose contact' (and maybe they have done so, I don't know), just so that people know what's out there, and perhaps can avoid duplicating the work they've done. If some of their stuff is of general utility, often it can be merged into the emacs distribution, which will lessen the maintenance burden. For instance the problem with unicode font coverage you mentioned is a apparently a big annoyance for the people developing the `real' unicode version of emacs. I think that in the case of many big packages (e.g. `semantic'), there's a general awareness in the emacs community that they exist, so formal contact isn't necassary. I hadn't heard of the TEI work though. -Miles -- We live, as we dream -- alone....