From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Matthew Dempsky Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Codifications of rules Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 14:13:37 -0800 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1260226734 23849 80.91.229.12 (7 Dec 2009 22:58:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 22:58:54 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 07 23:58:47 2009 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 1NHmXW-00023B-VI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:58:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50176 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NHmXW-0007xF-Da for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:58:46 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NHlpw-000278-Gn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:13:44 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NHlpr-0001zw-Mo for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:13:43 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48277 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NHlpr-0001zT-5I for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:13:39 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-px0-f190.google.com ([209.85.216.190]:60571) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NHlpr-0003o4-3e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:13:39 -0500 Original-Received: by pxi28 with SMTP id 28so666398pxi.7 for ; Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:13:38 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.114.189.37 with SMTP id m37mr13198922waf.67.1260224017900; Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:13:37 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:118375 Archived-At: On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Stefan Monnier w= rote: > Not much, sadly. =A0There Elisp manual has a section about coventions to > follow for major modes, so the info should be there, but there's a lot > more conventions than the documented ones. Yeah, that's my impression. I'm certainly a fan of consistency, so if anyone else would find it useful, I'm willing to volunteer to help maintain some documentation on standard coding conventions for Emacs extensions. > The general goal should be to make it easier for a user to state > global preferences that affect all modes. Agreed. > These are usually welcome here (although they also tend to be delicate > because users get quickly used to the old behavior and then show > resistance to change). Understood. I'm happy to start reporting bugs about inconsistent behaviors so we can discuss how to resolve them or whether they're better left as they are. I just don't want to distract developers from more important issues. (Satisfying my OCD is certainly important to me, but perhaps not so much others. ;))