From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Seiji Zenitani Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: contribution of ruby-mode.el Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2007 19:01:16 -0400 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1191798116 14836 80.91.229.12 (7 Oct 2007 23:01:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2007 23:01:56 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 08 01:01:54 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 1Ief8D-0001R9-31 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Oct 2007 01:01:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ief88-0005V7-3n for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:01:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ief84-0005U8-26 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:01:44 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ief83-0005TO-38 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:01:43 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ief82-0005TA-Ho for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:01:42 -0400 Original-Received: from smtpoutm.mac.com ([17.148.16.70]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ief82-00085O-7g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:01:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mac.com (smtpin03-en2 [10.13.10.148]) by smtpoutm.mac.com (Xserve/smtpout007/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id l97N1eYI021002 for ; Sun, 7 Oct 2007 16:01:40 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from [10.0.1.199] (c-68-55-160-31.hsd1.md.comcast.net [68.55.160.31]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin03/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id l97N1caI001465 for ; Sun, 7 Oct 2007 16:01:39 -0700 (PDT) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) X-Detected-Kernel: FreeBSD 4.7-5.2 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.4) (1) 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:80393 Archived-At: > Richard Stallman wrote: > > > To make this program understandable and maintainable, please give > > every defconst and every defun a doc string that explains what jobs > > they do. Large functions such as ruby-calculate-indent need a > > comment to explain every group of lines. Maintaining Emacs is hard > > already, and if we don't want to make it harder, we need to ensure > > that new files are really clear. > > > > It would also be good to add comments at the top of the file > > decribing the features that the mode provides. > > > Hi, > > Has there been any progress on this? Whilst I am not a Ruby user > myself, I think it would be good to include ruby-mode in Emacs. I'm sorry but I am no longer working on this. When I contacted the ruby developer group, no one responded regarding the above docstring/ comment issue. Furthermore, they pointed out that there may be several pre-history contributors, which they don't keep records in CVS/ChangeLog. Someone else may try again, but it will be a long way to go. Seiji Zenitani zenitani@mac.com