Re: [ELPA] new single file package: mpdired.el

[Manuel Giraud via "Emacs development discussions." <emacs-devel@gnu.org>]

Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:

[...]

>> Of course, I'd also like to avoid this latter setup.  Just to be sure,
>> you confirm that a git repo is unavoidable?  Could it be a just tarball
>> available on web server?
>
> Technically yes, but the ELPA build system would have to be updated just
> for this use-case.

Ok so it's a "no": I don't want to put a burden on someone else.

[...]

>> Ok.  If a git forge is mandatory, I'll ponder which one I'd prefer to
>> use.
>
> As I said, a git forge in that sense is not necessarily needed, you
> could also just host the git repository from some website over
> https://.

Great.  I think it is what I would do then.  Thanks.

[...]

>>> Perhaps one could also rebind a few commands here, like `next-line'.
>>
>> I don't understand what you mean here.
>
> It is possible to remap a command, without having to bind a key.  See
> (elisp) Remapping Commands.  The advantage is that if the user has any
> custom bindings, say for next-line, then they would automatically be
> inherited.  That is comfortable from a user-perspective, because the
> major-mode aligns more with their usual intuition.

Yes it makes sense.  I'll look at it.
-- 
Manuel Giraud