From: Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: contractor resources for emacs extension development
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 22:01:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ppr3zmxs.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: e6e651c1-ca1f-47bf-b474-922332777e50@googlegroups.com
ckhan <charleykhan@gmail.com> writes:
> I would like to hire help writing an emacs extension
>
> - it would be something that is generally useful, not specific to a
> particular usecase or 3rd party integration/company (essentially, a
> new kind of outline mode)
I did a lot of work with regards to a new kind of outline (minor) mode
recently (with the basic idea of "Org-mode everywhere" in my mind, i.e. of
giving source-code buffers the look&feel of Org-mode buffers).
The result was this library-trio
- outshine.el :: enhancements to outline-minor-mode that make it possible to
structure a source-code file with Org-mode like headlines
and offer Org-style headline fontification, visibility
cycling, motion and structure editing
[https://github.com/tj64/outshine]
- outorg.el :: converts (outshine) source-code buffers to Org-mode and offers
them for editing in a temporary *outorg-edit-buffer*
[https://github.com/tj64/outorg]
- navi-mode.el :: superfast navigation and 'remote-buffer-control' via an
permanent associated *Navi* buffer that offers a vast
number of (combined) headline and keyword views on an
outshine buffer [https://github.com/tj64/navi]
These libraries make possible a different kind of "literate programming" with
the focus on the programming instead of, as usual, on the text. You can do
your main work in a specialised Emacs major-mode (e.g. emacs-lisp-mode or
R-mode) for writing source code, but these source-code buffers can be
structured like Org-mode buffers (with the same look&feel). Whenever you need
some serious text editing of the comment sections, you fire up the
*outorg-edit-buffer* and have the full power of Org-mode available.
Here is a screencast on youtube that illustrates how to use the libraries with
emacs-lisp buffers, but they can be used with many major-modes (outorg works
e.g. with message-mode too, therefore I'm writing this email in full
Org-mode right now).
> - the resulting work would be freely available and open source (GPL)
>
> Searching the usual outsourcing sites (elance, odesk, etc.) turn up
> very few hits for keywords like "emacs" or "elisp". Does anyone have
> any suggestions for how to find folks that might be up for this kind
> of work? Alternatively, if I took a crude first stab at it myself and
> put it up on github, how could I use cash to grease development?
>
> Any suggestions, comments appreciated.
No matter what new kind of outline mode you are looking for, I might be
able to help you with that, since enhancing outline-mode was the focus
of my recent Emacs Lisp programming projects. I would be available from
next month on (November), so you might want to contact me per email.
--
cheers,
Thorsten
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-10-17 20:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-10-17 17:23 contractor resources for emacs extension development ckhan
2013-10-17 18:10 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2013-10-17 19:55 ` Marcin Borkowski
2013-10-17 20:01 ` Thorsten Jolitz [this message]
2013-10-18 6:08 ` Bastien
2013-10-18 8:00 ` Thorsten Jolitz
[not found] ` <mailman.4210.1382040123.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-10-18 5:39 ` Eric Brown
2013-10-18 7:26 ` Thorsten Jolitz
[not found] ` <mailman.4237.1382081230.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-10-18 11:25 ` Alan Schmitt
2013-10-18 12:06 ` Thorsten Jolitz
[not found] ` <mailman.4249.1382098046.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-10-21 15:23 ` Alan Schmitt
2013-10-21 17:41 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2013-10-23 1:31 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2013-10-23 8:49 ` Thorsten Jolitz
[not found] ` <mailman.4412.1382377300.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-10-22 11:57 ` Alan Schmitt
2013-10-22 12:05 ` outorg-edit-as-org and mu4e (Was: contractor resources for emacs extension development) Alan Schmitt
2013-10-22 16:41 ` outorg-edit-as-org and mu4e Thorsten Jolitz
[not found] ` <mailman.4479.1382460147.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-10-23 9:54 ` Alan Schmitt
2013-10-23 10:37 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2013-10-18 6:03 ` contractor resources for emacs extension development Bastien
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