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Re: some ideas (mostly about names)
- To: Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <tosi at ees2 dot oulu dot fi>
- Subject: Re: some ideas (mostly about names)
- From: Keisuke Nishida <kxn30 at po dot cwru dot edu>
- Date: 14 Mar 2000 16:14:36 -0500
- Cc: guile-emacs at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- References: <87ln3lp9k5.fsf@PC486.Niemitalo.LAN>
Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <tosi@ees2.oulu.fi> writes:
> Please add guile or guile-emacs in `features' and make M-x
> emacs-version show that.
That's right. I'll do so in the next version.
> In the README, you suggest copying the Scheme files to
> /usr/local/share/emacs/site-scheme/emacs. You have made them a
> standard part of guile-emacs, so wouldn't it make sense to omit
> the "site-"? You could even place them in the Emacs source tree,
> so that the new Emacs can use them before it is installed. The
> makefiles should then be amended to install the scheme/ tree
> just like lisp/, and the startup code should add it in Guile's
> %load-path.
That's what I originally thought and did in the first patch.
But I changed my mind so that I can keep the patch to Emacs
as small as possible. Your suggestion will be included when
Guile Emacs becomes more popular.
> Are you going to append exclamation points to names of Emacs
> builtins which alter things, like "define-key"?
That's a good idea. I think we have to talk about these kinds
of issues like how to organize new functions more once internal
design has done.
Thank you for trying my Guile Emacs!