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From: Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>
To: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Extending emacs convention for first line
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 19:11:32 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <trinity-ff31bc1a-c10e-4a58-85e1-73be8b8a384d-1666285892179@3c-app-mailcom-bs08> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwva65tdimx.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>


> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 1:33 PM
> From: "Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Extending emacs convention for first line
>
> Christopher Dimech [2022-10-17 21:40:14] wrote:
> > Emacs convention states that the format for the first line is
> > ;;; filename --- description  -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
> >
> > Because at the times one does notice longer filenames and descriptions,
> > it would be favorable if the convention would be extended to handle longer
> > filenames and descriptions.
> >
> > For instance, using ;;; to distinguish, with "lexical-binding" still written first.
> >
> > ;;; -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
> >
> > ;;; filename
> >
> > ;;; description
> >
> > Or some other way that would work nicely.
>
> I don't have a strong opinion on this, but I'll note that I hope we can
> get rid of the `-*- lexical-binding: t -*-` cookie in the not too
> distant future.
>
> I think we're slowly working our way up to the point where we can change
> the default to t such that the cookie will be needed only (in the form
> `-*- lexical-binding: nil -*-`) for those files still using the old
> dynbound dialect of ELisp.
>
>
>         Stefan

The suggestion is more focused on allowing descriptions longer
than a single line.  And which would avoid us long lines.




  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-10-20 17:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-10-17 19:40 Extending emacs convention for first line Christopher Dimech
2022-10-18  1:33 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-10-18  1:53   ` Emanuel Berg
2022-10-20 17:11   ` Christopher Dimech [this message]
2022-10-20 18:06     ` Stefan Monnier
2022-10-20 20:11       ` Christopher Dimech
2022-10-20 22:57         ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-10-21 17:34           ` Christopher Dimech

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