Re: Emacs learning curve

[joakim]

David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:

> "Eric M. Ludlam" <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> One of the things I was most surprised by was that when CEDET was
>> integrated into Emacs, only 2 people tried it and reported anything
>> from this list.  I fixed those things too.  Now this list is posting
>> things that effectively pretend CEDET doesn't exist.  What's up with
>> that?
>
> For the effects discussed in this thread, it does not exist.  It does
> much less (if at all) to make two existing separate modes more similar
> than, say, cc-mode does.
>
> It may be that this situation will be different in 10 years from now,
> but I don't see the way to there.  Cedet makes it somewhat easier, as
> far as I can discern, to help a programmer with creating his own
> completely idiosyncratic mode with complex functionality.
>
> It helps to manage complexity for the mode programmer, not unify
> behavior for the user.
>
> If I am wrong, so much the better, but unless everybody else _knows_ I
> am wrong, the consequences will be about the same.

You are wrong, but you are also right that there seems to be a lack of
understanding amongst mode coders that cedet not only provides a common
infrastructure, but also a common user interface for many things. I
think it would help if cedet was more used within emacs, and also if
more cedet clients were incorporated in Emacs, such as ECB.

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Joakim Verona