[implementations-list] Re: [PATCH] Vimpulse: vi* and va* object selection implementation proposal

Mon Nov 23 20:41:26 CET 2009

2009/11/22 José A. Romero L. <escherdragon at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have no problem with that -- I'm already enjoying the advantages I
> wanted from writing that code, anyway. Just out of curiosity: do  you
> have already any schedule or estimation of when the FSF will consider
> adding Vimpulse to the official Emacs distribution?

I don't know.  IMO it's still too buggy, so they shouldn't include it.

> ... I realized that in Emacs 22 the
> function activate-mark does not exist, so we'll have to take care  of
> that difference. Besides that one detail, my modifications seem to be
> working fine there too.

Thanks for retesting.  It would be appreciated if you would try XEmacs
too.  It's a small download if you have broadband Internet access;
only about 5-10 MB.

> I  do  use  SVN on a regular basis, at work as well as for keeping my
> own stuff, just let me know the repository URL (the only  version  of
> Vimpulse I know is the one I got from the Emacs Wiki) and I can patch
> that. I've never used Gentoo though, so I have no  idea  how  to  use
> emerge,  nor  how  does it relate to SVN besides installing it in the
> local box (or were you talking about something different?)

There's a link to our repo and bugtracker at
http://www.assembla.com/spaces/vimpulse -- in fact, I think it would be
best if you would send your patch to the bugtracker instead of to the
mailing list.  That way, it is guaranteed not to get lost.  But if you
do submit the next version of your patch to the mailing list, please
send a mail to the mailing list telling us it is now there.

The emerge I was talking about is not the Gentoo package installation
script.  The emerge I meant is part of ediff.  I believe it might let
you more easily apply your patch to the SVN version of Vimpulse.
Check the Emacs manual for more info.