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Re: [PATCH] Add Haskell syntax highlighting
From: |
Kamil Dudka |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] Add Haskell syntax highlighting |
Date: |
Mon, 14 Sep 2020 08:37:47 +0200 |
On Saturday, September 12, 2020 7:37:02 PM CEST Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> Op 11-09-2020 om 11:58 schreef Kamil Dudka:
> > On Friday, September 11, 2020 11:27:39 AM CEST Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> >> It is unfortunate that /etc/nanorc exists and that several distros
> >> uncomment the "include /usr/share/nano/*.nanorc". It would have been
> >> better if they used a skeleton .nanorc so that each user can trim the
> >> includes without inheriting everything from /etc/nanorc.
> >
> > Each approach has its pros and cons. The problem of ~/.nanorc is that it
> > is usually not manipulated directly by package managers. So any updates
> > would need to go to /etc/skel/.nanorc, which would only take an effect for
> > newly created user accounts. If we enabled syntax highlighting this way
> > in Fedora, I am afraid that some users would still not be aware that nano
> > ever supports syntax highlighting.
>
> True. But if users choose to do rolling upgrades from one version of an
> operating system to the next, without reinstalling, then this probably
> means they are rather attached to their configurations and setting, and
> do not want them to change in any way. Thus they might become aware of
> new features of programs only when they have to install the OS on a new
> machine. There is no harm in that.
Fair enough. The problem is that nano has been packaged this way since 2015.
If we moved the line `include "/usr/share/nano/*.nanorc"` from /etc/nanorc
to /etc/skel/.nanorc , we would disable syntax highlighting exactly for the
users that do not want to change anything. Do you have any idea how to make
the transition any smoother?
I am not sure whether it was mentioned here but nano is going to be used
as the default editor in Fedora 33:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/UseNanoByDefault
So Fedora users are going to be more sensitive to unexpected changes in nano
from now on.
Kamil
- [PATCH] Add Haskell syntax highlighting, Hussam al-Homsi, 2020/09/08
- Re: [PATCH] Add Haskell syntax highlighting, Benno Schulenberg, 2020/09/09
- Re: [PATCH] Add Haskell syntax highlighting, Hussam al-Homsi, 2020/09/09
- Re: [PATCH] Add Haskell syntax highlighting, Benno Schulenberg, 2020/09/10
- Re: [PATCH] Add Haskell syntax highlighting, Hussam al-Homsi, 2020/09/10
- Re: [PATCH] Add Haskell syntax highlighting, Benno Schulenberg, 2020/09/11
- Re: [PATCH] Add Haskell syntax highlighting, Kamil Dudka, 2020/09/11
- Re: [PATCH] Add Haskell syntax highlighting, Benno Schulenberg, 2020/09/12
- Re: [PATCH] Add Haskell syntax highlighting,
Kamil Dudka <=
- packaging nano with a skeleton nanorc file, Benno Schulenberg, 2020/09/14
- Re: packaging nano with a skeleton nanorc file, Kamil Dudka, 2020/09/14
- Re: packaging nano with a skeleton nanorc file, Benno Schulenberg, 2020/09/15
- Re: packaging nano with a skeleton nanorc file, Kamil Dudka, 2020/09/15
- Re: packaging nano with a skeleton nanorc file, Benno Schulenberg, 2020/09/15