From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Bugs caused by recent use of define-derived-mode Date: 04 Sep 2002 12:49:58 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200209020237.VAA26080@eel.dms.auburn.edu> <200209021629.g82GTY707192@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200209022302.SAA26633@eel.dms.auburn.edu> <200209031506.g83F6Yh12528@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200209031536.KAA27166@eel.dms.auburn.edu> <200209032123.QAA28184@eel.dms.auburn.edu> <200209040001.TAA28292@eel.dms.auburn.edu> <200209040328.WAA28396@eel.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1031111426 28755 127.0.0.1 (4 Sep 2002 03:50:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 03:50:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu, Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE, emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17mRBQ-0007TY-00 for ; Wed, 04 Sep 2002 05:50:24 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17mRkR-0002di-00 for ; Wed, 04 Sep 2002 06:26:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17mRCz-0001It-00; Tue, 03 Sep 2002 23:52:01 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17mRBO-0001Gl-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Sep 2002 23:50:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17mRBM-0001GZ-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Sep 2002 23:50:22 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.214]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17mRBL-0001GT-00; Tue, 03 Sep 2002 23:50:20 -0400 Original-Received: from mailgate4.nec.co.jp ([10.7.69.195]) by TYO201.gate.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W01080315) with ESMTP id g843o1E26709; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 12:50:01 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mailsv4.nec.co.jp (mailgate51.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.196]) by mailgate4.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) with ESMTP id g843o0g25293; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 12:50:00 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.30.114.133]) by mailsv4.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILSV4-NEC) with ESMTP id g843nxh04412; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 12:49:59 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (mcspd15 [10.30.114.174]) by mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.10.2+Sun/3.7Wlsi_mx_6.0) with ESMTP id g843nxs24516; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 12:49:59 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 8D89E36F4; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 12:49:58 +0900 (JST) Original-To: Luc Teirlinck System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <200209040328.WAA28396@eel.dms.auburn.edu> Original-Lines: 15 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:7426 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:7426 Luc Teirlinck writes: > We should make a decision on this relatively quickly, as discussing > the technical details of other things such as a standard function to > define major modes is difficult if we do not know where we want to go > in terms of abbrev tables. It hardly seems like an urgent situation. The _only_ complaint I've ever heard about the `abbrev table situation' is yours, and even you seem more bothered by the untidyness of it all rather than practically inconvenienced. -Miles -- Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra. Suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night the ice weasels come. --Nietzsche