Re: Is there any elisp functions to tell whether the cursor is in a comment block?

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Drew Adams wrote:
> > I am thinking about a page on EmacsWiki that holds the 
> > information. This page could for example have entries like
> >
> >    === Tabkey2.el 21=n 22=y 23=y ===
> >    elisp:tabkey2.el
> >
> >    comment ... comment ...
> >
> > ELPA could then fetch information from this page. And users could too.
> >
> > The elisp pages on EmacsWiki could at the bottom have a link 
> > to this page.
>
>
> A file-header field in each library file can give the same information. I use
> this field, for example:
>
>  ;; Compatibility: GNU Emacs 20.x, GNU Emacs 21.x, GNU Emacs 22.x
>
> However, the field value is free-form at present. A conventional form would let
> tools pick up the value.
>
> An advantage is locality of reference and update: some developers are more
> likely to update a file header field than a separate wiki page.


Yes, that might be good too, but it can't be used for packages.