Re: IDE

[Richard Stallman]

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  > I indeed think that we should have infrastructure to turn on a major
  > mode in a region of a buffer.

I have tried to encourage progress in this direction for 15 years.

  > I'm not sure we should use text properties or overlays for that,
  > though.  The region could be part of the command that turns on the
  > mode with region limits stored in markers.

The two are not necessarily alternatives.  They might be two
different levels of functionality.

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