From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Leo Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Why js2-mode in Emacs 23.2? Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:32:15 +0100 Message-ID: References: <7b501d5c0908091634ndfba631vd9db6502db301097@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1249864355 32492 80.91.229.12 (10 Aug 2009 00:32:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:32:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs-Devel devel , Deniz Dogan To: Lennart Borgman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 10 02:32:28 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 1MaIoO-0004CZ-4k for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 02:32:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:32933 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MaIoN-0004d5-A8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:32:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MaIoJ-0004d0-4W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:32:23 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MaIoE-0004Xi-IN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:32:22 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=59850 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MaIoE-0004XV-F6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:32:18 -0400 Original-Received: from ppsw-6.csi.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.8.136]:58925) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MaIoE-0005bC-3k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:32:18 -0400 X-Cam-AntiVirus: no malware found X-Cam-SpamDetails: not scanned X-Cam-ScannerInfo: http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/email/scanner/ Original-Received: from smaug.linux.pwf.cam.ac.uk ([193.60.95.72]:55614) by ppsw-6.csi.cam.ac.uk (smtp.hermes.cam.ac.uk [131.111.8.156]:587) with esmtpsa (LOGIN:sl392) (TLSv1:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) id 1MaIoC-0006dF-JS (Exim 4.70) (return-path ); Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:32:16 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Lennart Borgman's message of "Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:38:52 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:113908 Archived-At: On 2009-08-10 00:38 +0100, Lennart Borgman wrote: >> I just found out that js2-mode will be shipped with Emacs 23.2. I'd > >> just like to say that while js2-mode has some very nice features, I >> and several other JavaScript programmers enjoy "espresso-mode" by >> Daniel Colascione far more. It is not only faster (which should come >> as no surprise to anyone) but also *maintained*. >> >> Has there been any discussion here about which JavaScript mode people >> want? If so, could someone provide me with a link to that discussion? >> If not, let's have that discussion now! > > > I don't know what others say, but I really think there are room for > two. One more basic (in the sense that it does not parse the file) and > a parser (that will hopefully fit the CEDET framework). Why not fix bugs in js2-mode? Having two packages providing similar features is a burden to maintainers as well as users. -- Leo's Emacs uptime: 6 days, 0 hours, 24 minutes, 52 seconds