From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: A vision for multiple major modes: some design notes
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 21:26:05 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8b50232e-8804-3f20-e5c2-a7b8ed9cd2e4@yandex.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83shyc42k6.fsf@gnu.org>
On 04/23/2016 09:12 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> We must consider both these things together. A prime design goal is to
>> allow an arbitrary major mode to be used by a super mode with the minimum
>> of adaptation to the major mode, ideally none.
>
> I think you make this goal the main one, and that is a mistake. The
> changes that will be needed for supporting multiple modes in the same
> buffer will be extensive, whether you want it or not, so trying too
> hard to make it easier on modes to adapt will skew the design.
+1. I also think we can afford to require some changes to the major mode
code, as long as they're simple, and it's easy to spot whether they have
been made. A hundred or so regexps to change is not that much if the
design is otherwise sound.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-04-23 18:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-04-20 19:44 A vision for multiple major modes: some design notes Alan Mackenzie
2016-04-20 21:06 ` Drew Adams
2016-04-20 23:00 ` Drew Adams
2016-04-21 12:43 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-04-21 14:24 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-04-23 2:20 ` zhanghj
2016-04-23 22:36 ` Dmitry Gutov
2016-04-21 16:05 ` Drew Adams
2016-04-21 16:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
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[not found] ` <<83oa926i0e.fsf@gnu.org>
2016-04-21 16:59 ` Drew Adams
2016-04-21 19:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <<<64f1d39a-dfd0-44ca-86c1-b4d6104b5702@default>
[not found] ` <<<83oa926i0e.fsf@gnu.org>
[not found] ` <<791d74d1-2b1d-4304-8e7e-d6c31af7aa41@default>
[not found] ` <<83eg9y68jy.fsf@gnu.org>
2016-04-21 20:26 ` Drew Adams
2016-04-20 22:27 ` Phillip Lord
2016-04-21 9:14 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-04-22 12:45 ` Phillip Lord
2016-04-21 14:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-04-21 21:33 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-04-21 22:01 ` Drew Adams
2016-04-22 8:13 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-04-22 17:04 ` Drew Adams
2016-04-22 9:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-06-13 21:17 ` John Wiegley
2016-06-14 13:13 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-06-14 16:27 ` John Wiegley
2016-04-21 22:19 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-04-22 8:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-04-22 22:35 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-04-23 7:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-04-23 17:02 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-04-23 18:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-04-23 18:26 ` Dmitry Gutov [this message]
2016-04-23 21:08 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-04-24 6:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-04-24 16:57 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-04-24 19:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-04-25 6:49 ` Andreas Röhler
2016-04-22 13:42 ` Andy Moreton
2016-04-23 17:14 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-04-22 14:33 ` Dmitry Gutov
2016-04-22 18:58 ` Richard Stallman
2016-04-22 20:22 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-04-23 12:27 ` Andreas Röhler
2016-04-23 12:38 ` Richard Stallman
2016-04-23 17:31 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-04-24 9:22 ` Richard Stallman
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