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Re: replacing python.el
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
Re: replacing python.el |
Date: |
Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:03:45 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
>> Emacs includes python.el, written by Dave Love, about which there is
>> no legal problem.
> Indeed, and I don't understand what other problem there is with it,
> other than maintenance. Why does it need to be replaced with
> python-mode.el, even if that was properly assigned?
Maintenance is pretty significant problem, actually. The other problem
is that all the Python coders I know install python-mode.el rather than
use python.el. I don't know if it's representative, but if that's the
case, then our users would be better served with python-mode.el
included in Emacs.
> The only other worthwhile feature I know of sort-of from python-mode.el
> is related to something called pdbtrack (?). My commentary explains
> that part of the functionality already exists, and something more
> general than the rest should be a general feature in GUD. (The
> Python-specifics are already there.) It's not difficult to restructure
> GUD -- or wasn't when I hacked it originally -- and it's not clean to
> make an add-on, which is why it's not in python.el. I know there isn't
> interest in abstractions like that, but I didn't want to preempt a
> possible change of opinion.
Yes, that sounds very good. But someone has to make this change to
gud.el. Feel free to submit your patches here.
Stefan
- Re: replacing python.el, (continued)
Re: replacing python.el, Beverley Eyre, 2009/02/01
Re: replacing python.el, Richard M Stallman, 2009/02/02
Re: replacing python.el, Dave Love, 2009/02/01
Re: replacing python.el, Richard M Stallman, 2009/02/01
Re: replacing python.el, Beverley Eyre, 2009/02/01