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bug#49278: 28.0.50; Lisp Mode is for Common Lisp
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#49278: 28.0.50; Lisp Mode is for Common Lisp |
Date: |
Wed, 30 Jun 2021 15:37:23 +0300 |
> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: João Távora <joaotavora@gmail.com>,
> 49278@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2021 16:46:10 -0400
>
> >> (define-derived-mode lisp-mode lisp-data-mode "Lisp"
> >> - "Major mode for editing Lisp code for Lisps other than GNU Emacs Lisp.
> >> + "Major mode for editing Common Lisp code.
> > Here I'd prefer to mention CL without un-mentioning the other Lisps.
> > There's no reason to deny they exist or existed.
>
> The question is to describe what this major mode is designed to do.
How do you suggest to do that in a concise enough way appropriate for
a doc string?
> People who want to look at Maclisp code (or other defunct dialects) will
> probably want to use `lisp-mode` for the simple reason that Maclisp is
> reasonably close to Common Lisp so it's the closest major mode we have
> to offer, but the user should not expect correct handling of Maclisp in
> those places where it differs from Common Lisp, because `lisp-mode` is
> written specifically for Common Lisp and not for Maclisp: compatibility
> with Maclisp has not been taken into account for more than 20
> years, AFAIK.
Did lisp-mode.el changed significantly during those 20 years? did
Maclisp change significantly? If not, we don't have a problem more
that we had it back then, do we?
- bug#49278: 28.0.50; Lisp Mode is for Common Lisp, João Távora, 2021/06/29
- bug#49278: 28.0.50; Lisp Mode is for Common Lisp,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- bug#49278: 28.0.50; Lisp Mode is for Common Lisp, Stefan Monnier, 2021/06/30
- bug#49278: 28.0.50; Lisp Mode is for Common Lisp, João Távora, 2021/06/30
- bug#49278: 28.0.50; Lisp Mode is for Common Lisp, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/06/30
- bug#49278: 28.0.50; Lisp Mode is for Common Lisp, João Távora, 2021/06/30
- bug#49278: 28.0.50; Lisp Mode is for Common Lisp, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/06/30
- bug#49278: 28.0.50; Lisp Mode is for Common Lisp, Stefan Monnier, 2021/06/30
- bug#49278: 28.0.50; Lisp Mode is for Common Lisp, João Távora, 2021/06/30
- bug#49278: 28.0.50; Lisp Mode is for Common Lisp, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/06/30
- bug#49278: 28.0.50; Lisp Mode is for Common Lisp, João Távora, 2021/06/30
- bug#49278: 28.0.50; Lisp Mode is for Common Lisp, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/06/30