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: `completion-in-region' Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:10:08 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1271097809 14950 80.91.229.12 (12 Apr 2010 18:43:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:43:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Leo Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 12 20:43:27 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O1ObX-0002GX-H6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:43:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35947 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O1OPq-000718-7Y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:31:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1O1ON2-0004Z8-84 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:28:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=57457 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O1OMx-0003pg-SA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:28:27 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O1O5K-00084r-6q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:10:11 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:29914 helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O1O5K-00084l-47 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:10:10 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvsEAE//wktMCqWu/2dsb2JhbACbOnK8R4UMBItG X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.52,192,1270440000"; d="scan'208";a="60692350" Original-Received: from 76-10-165-174.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([76.10.165.174]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 12 Apr 2010 14:10:09 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 9D0717F1B; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:10:08 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Leo's message of "Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:36:23 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:123532 Archived-At: > I think you are underestimating the power snippet brings about. > It was probably because it looks so simple that nobody thought > worthwhile to implement it until textmate did. > For example, with snippet one can set up an email blogging tool in > under 30 seconds. Can any of the other packages gives user the > same productivity? My guess is that every such package implementer/user underestimates the power of the others ;-) Stefan