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

Mon Nov 30 03:16:12 CET 2009

Hi everyone, i'm pretty busy these days, so I guess I'll take a look
maybe during the Xmas holiday.
Sorry for the absence :)
Alessandro Piras

2009/11/29 José A. Romero L. <escherdragon at gmail.com>:
> 2009/11/23 Jason Spiro <jasonspiro3 at gmail.com>:
>> 2009/11/22 José A. Romero L. <escherdragon at gmail.com> wrote:
> (...)
>>> 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.
>
> Just let me know when it gets scheduled for inclusion, then I'll send my
> data to you or Alessandro, OK?
>
>>> ... 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.
>
> Unfortunately I didn't manage (again - this is not the first time I try)
> to make XEmacs work correctly in my system, neither after installing the
> standard  Debian  packages in Sid, nor compiling it myself. I have tried
> it a few times, but always came back running to GNU Emacs, to the  point
> that I have expressly ruled out compatibility with it in my own projects
> (e.g. http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Sunrise_Commander).
>
> Anyway, I've left out the call to activate-mark in the patches I've just
> submitted to your bug track system. For me,  Vimpulse  works  definitely
> better  with it, but probably it's you who should decide whether to call
> (or not) activate-mark every time the user hits "v".
>
> (...)
>> 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.
>
> Just done. And here's the e-mail ;) I've divided the original patch into
> 3 smaller ones: one for removing the extra definitions of  the  function
> vimpulse-visual-replace-region, and two for the vi*/va* stuff, the first
> one with standard gvim behavior, and the second one with a  function  of
> my  own invention that IMO makes that behavior more useful. Just give it
> a try and decide if you like it too or not.
>
>> 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.
> (...)
>
> Cool  stuff, thanks for the tip. I've been using plain diff and patch so
> long that it feels like second nature, but I'll definitely give emerge a
> try once I find the time to read the docs.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> José A. Romero L.
> escherdragon at gmail.com
> "We who cut mere stones must always be envisioning cathedrals."
> (Quarry worker's creed)
>
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