From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: nXML Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:41:33 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87d4wgq5r4.fsf@everybody.org> <876428c9ay.fsf@everybody.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1190173315 3533 80.91.229.12 (19 Sep 2007 03:41:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:41:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "Mark A. Hershberger" , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 19 05:41:55 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 1IXqRm-0003Vq-Nd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Sep 2007 05:41:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IXqRl-0006WK-3Q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:41:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IXqRb-0006SB-RE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:41:43 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IXqRa-0006RA-6p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:41:43 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IXqRZ-0006R5-VE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:41:42 -0400 Original-Received: from tomts25.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.188] helo=tomts25-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IXqRU-0007Zc-08; Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:41:36 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([70.55.141.227]) by tomts25-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20070919034133.XZYZ19497.tomts25-srv.bellnexxia.net@pastel.home>; Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:41:33 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 1F93C8A98; Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:41:32 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Tue\, 18 Sep 2007 23\:18\:07 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Detected-Kernel: Solaris 8 (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:79264 Archived-At: > char-names contains a > single directory (unicode) with a number of *.el files. > How many files are in char-names/unicode? > What do those files do? Is their job very specific to html? In other > words, given that we add them to Emacs, would we want to make them a > more general separate facility? They have no code. Only data that maps Unicode char names to their (integer) code and that groups them into a few categories. > If these become a new separate facility, they won't count as part of > nXML, and in particular you shouldn't count them when deciding > question 1. But if they are specific to nXML and should remain in it, > then they do count as part of nXML for all purposes. Most likely they should be merged with the rest of the unicode data we use in the emacs-unicode branch. Also, they should be auto-generated from emacs/admin/unidata/Unicode.txt rather than stored in the CVS. > 1. Is lisp/nxml the right place for it? nXML is not a small package. > How many .el files does nXML have? If it is more than 12 files, they > should go in a new directory. Otherwise they should go in textmodes. About 25 source Elisp files. Sounds like it deserves its own directory. Stefan