[AUCTeX-devel] Re: crm.el (completing-read-multiple) in XEmacs

[Ben Wing]

Reiner Steib wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 13 2005, Uwe Brauer wrote:
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> > > > > > > "Reiner" == Reiner Steib <address@hidden> writes:
> > > > > > >              
> >    > Arne Jørgensen wrote improved completing support for inserting
> >    > stuff like "\usepackage[bar,baz,zab]{foo}" in AUCTeX.  The
> >    > function needs `completing-read-multiple' from `crm.el'[1] which
> >    > is available in Emacs 21 and Emacs 22 (CVS[2]), but not in
> >    > XEmacs.
> >
> >    > We found that `riece.el'[3] which is available as an XEmacs
> >    > package seems to duplicate some code from `crm.el' for XEmacs.
> >
> >    > Wouldn't it make much more sense to include `crm.el' in
> >    > `xemacs-base', some utility package or distribute it as a
> >    > separate package instead of duplicating it's code in several
> >    > packages?
> >
> > I support this proposal. [...]
> >    
>
> Can we expect _any_ reaction (yes, no, maybe) from the XEmacs board?
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> Am I posting to the wrong list?  Which would be more appropriate?
>
> Bye, Reiner.
>
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i think this sounds great.  probably crm.el should go in edit-utils.  
does this need to be ported or does it work already under xemacs?