Re: In emacs 23 compile-mode doesn't recognize (c)perl error messages

[Ilya Zakharevich]

On 2009-10-15, LanX <lanx.perl@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Did you ever consider breaking up cperl-mode.el into different
> submoduls hosted on CPAN?

> It would be much easier for the perl-crowd to support patches and
> maintainance if we had something like
>
> cperl-fontlock.el
> cperl-compilation.el
> cperl-expansion.el
> cperl-perldoc.el
> ...

???  Just use Emacs with a good code viewer (I use my imenu-go.el and
a handful of other tricks).  Do not see how breaking into parts would
simplify anything...

> together with a testsuite written in perl?

Supporting a testsuite usually means 1.5x increase of time.  Assume an
estimate of extra 250hours. Who is going to invest in it?  Given that
"mine" cperl-mode.el is "already working", definitely not me...

> And sorry to say so - some aspects of cperl-mode are very outdated,
> e.g there is no up-to-date info-file for perldocs.

???  Make it.

> PS: BTW in xemacs I had a context-menu on right-click, offering the
> cperl-mode menu do you know how to activate this in gnu emacs?

Bind right-click to [menubar cperl] or whatever it is?  The docs of
easymenu may have a chance to mention it...

Yours,
Ilya