From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
To: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Emacs rewrite in a maintainable language
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 16:29:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r3kusx8z.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87pp0fm0j3.fsf@gnu.org> ("Ludovic Courtès"'s message of "Fri, 16 Oct 2015 14:03:39 +0200")
ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
> David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> skribis:
>
>> Shrug. There is the GUILE branch. In my opinion its largest obstacle
>> towards acceptance is the failure of GUILE strings to offer a comparable
>> feature set to Emacs multibyte strings: nothing outside of the Unicode
>> range, no byte transparent reproduction.
>
> OTOH, I imagine Emacs could build its own abstraction, if needed, on top
> of Guile bytevectors.
Sure, but then Emacs strings cannot be manipulated using GUILE string
functions. Same with Emacs buffers (which otherwise could be something
like random-access string ports).
>> This needs an overhaul of GUILE's string handling (which delegates
>> parts of it to helper libraries, some of those being under control of
>> GNU, some not).
>
> String handling is partly delegated to GNU libunistring. There’s no
> other library involved.
What about libiconv? It would appear that parts of it are in the GUILE
source tree (admittedly, under GNU control).
--
David Kastrup
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2015-10-11 8:11 Emacs rewrite in a maintainable language Przemysław Wojnowski
2015-10-11 8:17 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-11 22:02 ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-10-11 22:14 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-11 22:37 ` Óscar Fuentes
2015-10-11 22:37 ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-10-11 22:49 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-11 22:51 ` Óscar Fuentes
2015-10-11 23:12 ` Drew Adams
2015-10-12 2:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-12 15:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-12 21:30 ` Daniel Colascione
2015-10-12 20:01 ` Richard Stallman
2015-10-11 8:54 ` Alexis
2015-10-11 10:53 ` Przemysław Wojnowski
2015-10-11 11:23 ` Thomas Koch
2015-10-11 13:11 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-10-11 13:36 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-11 13:39 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-10-11 13:55 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-11 14:03 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-10-11 12:52 ` Daniel Colascione
2015-10-11 12:59 ` Fabrice Popineau
2015-10-11 17:25 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-11 18:32 ` Óscar Fuentes
2015-10-11 19:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-11 19:43 ` Óscar Fuentes
2015-10-11 19:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-11 20:13 ` Óscar Fuentes
2015-10-12 2:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-12 3:59 ` Paul Eggert
2015-10-12 8:12 ` Steinar Bang
2015-10-12 9:36 ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-10-12 10:20 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-12 12:23 ` Óscar Fuentes
2015-10-12 16:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-12 20:00 ` Richard Stallman
2015-10-13 2:36 ` Rustom Mody
2015-10-12 10:56 ` Michael Heerdegen
2015-10-11 21:52 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-12 7:14 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-12 12:48 ` Oleh Krehel
2015-10-12 13:22 ` Óscar Fuentes
2015-10-12 14:18 ` Oleh Krehel
2015-10-12 15:04 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-12 18:24 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-12 19:21 ` Óscar Fuentes
2015-10-12 19:39 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-12 19:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-12 19:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-12 20:11 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-12 20:42 ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-10-12 20:46 ` Óscar Fuentes
2015-10-13 14:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-13 16:22 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-13 16:40 ` Drew Adams
2015-10-13 16:49 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-12 20:40 ` Drew Adams
2015-10-13 4:18 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-13 6:00 ` immerrr again
2015-10-13 14:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-13 1:12 ` Óscar Fuentes
2015-10-13 10:01 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-13 15:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-13 15:20 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-14 15:04 ` Chris Patti
2015-10-14 15:34 ` Jay Belanger
2015-10-16 12:25 ` Guile-Emacs Ludovic Courtès
2015-10-16 12:03 ` Emacs rewrite in a maintainable language Ludovic Courtès
2015-10-16 13:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-16 14:55 ` Wolfgang Jenkner
2015-10-16 15:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-16 15:25 ` Ludovic Courtès
2015-10-16 15:51 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-16 14:29 ` David Kastrup [this message]
2015-10-16 15:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-16 15:28 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-16 16:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-16 15:31 ` Ludovic Courtès
2015-10-16 16:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-16 19:34 ` Przemysław Wojnowski
2015-10-16 19:51 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-16 19:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-16 20:51 ` Ludovic Courtès
2015-10-17 5:27 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-17 7:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-17 9:44 ` Ludovic Courtès
2015-10-17 10:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-18 10:22 ` Ludovic Courtès
2015-10-18 11:33 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-18 12:54 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-10-18 13:17 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-18 14:40 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-10-18 15:31 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-18 16:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-18 16:37 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-10-18 16:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-18 17:06 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-10-18 17:11 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-18 17:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-18 17:52 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-18 18:23 ` Daniel Colascione
2015-10-18 18:35 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-18 18:53 ` Daniel Colascione
2015-10-18 19:03 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-18 19:13 ` Paul Eggert
2015-10-18 19:35 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-10-18 19:49 ` Daniel Colascione
2015-10-19 7:59 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-10-19 10:50 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-10-19 10:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-19 11:31 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-19 12:04 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-19 11:24 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-20 4:18 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-10-20 7:36 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-20 10:17 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-10-19 12:26 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-10-19 12:53 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-19 17:43 ` Tom Tromey
2015-10-19 18:06 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-20 2:46 ` Tom Tromey
2015-10-19 8:46 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-19 9:39 ` Przemysław Wojnowski
2015-10-19 5:33 ` Richard Stallman
2015-10-26 11:01 ` Alexis
2015-10-18 19:16 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-10-18 22:38 ` Nicolas Petton
2015-10-20 7:34 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-18 16:40 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-18 16:56 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-18 17:46 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-10-19 7:45 ` Gian Uberto Lauri
2015-10-17 15:38 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-17 16:25 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-10-17 16:43 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-17 17:00 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-10-17 16:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-17 17:03 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-10-17 17:08 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-17 17:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-17 18:31 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-10-17 17:04 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-17 17:32 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-10-17 17:42 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-17 18:34 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-10-17 19:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-17 21:22 ` Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
2015-10-18 0:23 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-18 15:53 ` Richard Stallman
2015-10-18 16:58 ` Tom Tromey
2015-10-18 17:40 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-18 19:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-18 20:47 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-19 3:55 ` Tom Tromey
2015-10-20 7:33 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-12 19:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-13 8:27 ` Przemysław Wojnowski
2015-10-13 8:52 ` Gian Uberto Lauri
2015-10-13 10:19 ` Tassilo Horn
2015-10-13 15:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-13 19:45 ` Tassilo Horn
2015-10-13 15:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-13 16:09 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-13 20:43 ` Przemysław Wojnowski
2015-10-13 16:06 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-13 20:20 ` Przemysław Wojnowski
2015-10-13 21:22 ` emacs IDE features (was: Emacs rewrite in a maintainable language) Andrés Ramírez
2015-10-13 22:13 ` emacs IDE features John Wiegley
2015-10-14 11:11 ` Phillip Lord
2015-10-16 23:13 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-17 7:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-17 23:51 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-18 0:48 ` Sacha Chua
2015-10-18 2:34 ` Xue Fuqiao
2015-10-18 17:05 ` Sacha Chua
2015-10-18 17:31 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-18 16:21 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-19 16:37 ` Christopher Allan Webber
2015-10-18 16:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-18 17:30 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-19 10:30 ` Phillip Lord
2015-10-20 6:56 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-13 22:10 ` Emacs rewrite in a maintainable language John Wiegley
2015-10-12 23:00 ` Camm Maguire
2015-10-13 1:38 ` Alexis
2015-10-13 1:40 ` Daniel Colascione
2015-10-13 23:34 ` Richard Stallman
2015-10-13 23:55 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-13 5:28 ` Ken Raeburn
2015-10-13 5:39 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-13 10:13 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-14 1:43 ` Daniel Colascione
2015-10-13 6:49 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-10-12 13:50 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-12 15:17 ` Oleh Krehel
2015-10-12 15:35 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-12 16:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-12 22:39 ` Paul Eggert
2015-10-13 11:27 ` Oleh Krehel
2015-10-13 11:46 ` Alan Mackenzie
2015-10-13 12:02 ` Oleh Krehel
2015-10-13 12:21 ` Alan Mackenzie
2015-10-13 12:22 ` Mathieu Lirzin
2015-10-13 13:52 ` John Yates
2015-10-13 14:30 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-13 16:26 ` Andreas Schwab
2015-10-13 16:40 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-13 14:38 ` Oleh Krehel
2015-10-13 13:06 ` Sergey Organov
2015-10-13 14:19 ` Artur Malabarba
2015-10-13 14:39 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-13 15:21 ` Artur Malabarba
2015-10-13 15:53 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-13 16:09 ` Oleh Krehel
2015-10-13 16:23 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-13 16:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-13 16:38 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-13 15:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-13 15:42 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-13 15:32 ` Paul Eggert
2015-10-13 16:13 ` Oleh Krehel
2015-10-13 21:02 ` Andy Moreton
2015-10-14 8:15 ` Oleh Krehel
2015-10-14 13:28 ` Andy Moreton
2015-10-14 16:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-14 10:22 ` Przemysław Wojnowski
2015-10-14 10:56 ` Tassilo Horn
2015-10-14 11:14 ` Przemysław Wojnowski
2015-10-14 11:33 ` Oleh Krehel
2015-10-14 12:12 ` Tassilo Horn
2015-10-14 11:46 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-14 12:29 ` Tassilo Horn
2015-10-14 11:21 ` Mathieu Lirzin
2015-10-14 16:05 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-13 16:13 ` John Wiegley
2015-10-12 15:09 ` Paul Eggert
2015-10-12 15:24 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-12 15:24 ` Oleh Krehel
2015-10-12 16:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-12 17:20 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-10-13 12:02 ` Marcus Harnisch
2015-10-13 23:38 ` Richard Stallman
2015-10-14 1:46 ` Daniel Colascione
2015-10-14 13:08 ` Marcus Harnisch
2015-10-12 16:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-12 17:47 ` Steinar Bang
2015-10-12 17:59 ` David Kastrup
2015-10-12 21:28 ` Daniel Colascione
2015-10-11 18:36 ` Przemysław Wojnowski
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