Re: Kickstarter for Emacs

[Ivan Andrus]

Forgot to reply to the list.

On Apr 19, 2012, at 3:50 AM, Chong Yidong wrote:

> Ivan Andrus <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> How much would it cost me to get the python modes combined into one?
> 
> We cannot use python-mode.el because its copyright is not assigned to
> the FSF.
> 
> The good news is that Fabian Gallina's python.el, which apparently works
> extremely well, is landing in trunk soon.

Gaaa!  Will it be replacing the current python.el?  In a backwards compatible 
way?  

The reason I ask is that I help maintain sage-mode [1] which is based on the 
current python.el.  However, I know some people like python-mode.el, so I would 
like to support it.  But I'd rather not add a whole compatibility layer myself. 
 Not to mention that the two cannot coexist in a single Emacs since they both 
define `python-mode'. I fail to see how adding YAPM is going to help my 
situation.  A similar situation occurred why I and others tried to add python 
support to expand-region [2].  They finally got something working but it was 
more trouble that it needed to be.

Of course, I will probably have about as much success asking that Emacs and 
XEmacs merge.  :-)

-Ivan

[1] https://bitbucket.org/ncalexan/sage-mode
[2] https://github.com/magnars/expand-region.el