From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: propose adding Icicles to Emacs Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:43:45 +0900 Message-ID: <87wsyaq9xa.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1181609037 2032 80.91.229.12 (12 Jun 2007 00:43:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:43:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, Miles Bader To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 12 02:43:55 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HxuUD-0004BE-T9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 02:43:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HxuUD-0001fR-MT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:43:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HxuUA-0001fC-2I for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:43:50 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HxuU8-0001f0-KI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:43:48 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HxuU8-0001ex-Ha for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:43:48 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp02.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.72]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HxuU6-0006sF-Bi; Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:43:46 -0400 Original-Received: from 203-216-102-031.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.102.31] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp02.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1HxuU3-0005MZ-NX; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:43:43 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id F24A92F41; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:43:45 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Mon\, 11 Jun 2007 11\:41\:13 -0700") Original-Lines: 21 X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:72657 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: >> What we should do instead is consider each of the features separately, >> and decide what to do with it. > > I don't disagree. In fact I hope that the features will be examined in > detail and tried out. There is no other way for people to realize that the > features belong together - or not. In many cases, even if the features enhance each other, if they're logically unrelated, it's better to make them more clearly separate. E.g., cua-mode is a prime example of a package which really should be split up but was originally written with a lot of stuff sort of welded together that should be separate. -miles -- [|nurgle|] ddt- demonic? so quake will have an evil kinda setting? one that will make every christian in the world foamm at the mouth? [iddt] nurg, that's the goal