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Re: New version of todo-mode.el (announcement + user guide)
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Stephen Berman |
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Re: New version of todo-mode.el (announcement + user guide) |
Date: |
Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:53:16 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:06:57 -0400 Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> wrote:
>> didn't consider the use-case you mention. I'll try to write a command
>> that converts from the new to the old format, but this may not be so
>
> Don't bother. A conversion forward is important, but a conversion
> backward much less so. Instead it's important to be able to use the
> old-style format in newer Emacsen.
>
>>> That sounds like the better solution. Even better if the old and the
>>> new code can be both in use at the same time (e.g. if you have
>>> converted some of your todo files but not all).
>> I want to be sure what you're saying here: are you saying there's
>> something better than making the old version obsolete? Or are you
>> saying it is ok to make it obsolete?
>
> Making it obsolete is fine.
>
>> (Your parenthetical example is a bit confusing, because the old
>> version only supports using one todo file at a time. I guess you
>> could have several todos files, but to switch between them you'd have
>> to unload todo-mode.el, change the value of todo-file-do and reload
>> the package. The fact that you can simultaneously use multiple todo
>> files is another big advantage of the new version -- and probably also
>> the main stumbling block in converting from the new to the
>> old format.)
>
> I was thinking of the case where the user wants to transition
> progressively, so she keeps her old-style todo file but also starts to
> use a new-style todo file.
> But maybe it's not important to support this use case.
>
>>> It sounds borderline.
>> That's a bit intimidating. Maybe the code Wolfgang Jenkner posted in
>> this thread could be used instead -- even better if it were just added
>> to Emacs. Juri Linkov also posted one a little while ago, which was
>> actually essentially the same as the Common Lisp recursive definition.
>> Is this really subject to copyright?
>
> No, it sounds fine, thank you. They're all sufficiently trivial.
Ok, thanks for the clarifications. As soon as the diary-lib issue is
resolved, I'll move on to installing the new version.
Steve Berman
- Re: New version of todo-mode.el (announcement + user guide), (continued)
- Re: New version of todo-mode.el (announcement + user guide), Stephen Berman, 2013/06/10
- Re: New version of todo-mode.el (announcement + user guide), Óscar Fuentes, 2013/06/10
- Re: New version of todo-mode.el (announcement + user guide), Stephen Berman, 2013/06/10
- Re: New version of todo-mode.el (announcement + user guide), Stefan Monnier, 2013/06/10
- Re: New version of todo-mode.el (announcement + user guide), Stephen Berman, 2013/06/11
- Re: New version of todo-mode.el (announcement + user guide), Stefan Monnier, 2013/06/11
- Re: New version of todo-mode.el (announcement + user guide), Stephen Berman, 2013/06/12
- Re: New version of todo-mode.el (announcement + user guide), Stefan Monnier, 2013/06/12
- Re: New version of todo-mode.el (announcement + user guide),
Stephen Berman <=
- Re: New version of todo-mode.el (announcement + user guide), Glenn Morris, 2013/06/12
- Re: New version of todo-mode.el (announcement + user guide), Stefan Monnier, 2013/06/12
- Re: New version of todo-mode.el (announcement + user guide), Stephen Berman, 2013/06/12
- Re: New version of todo-mode.el (announcement + user guide), Stefan Monnier, 2013/06/12
- Re: New version of todo-mode.el (announcement + user guide), Stephen Berman, 2013/06/13
- Re: New version of todo-mode.el (announcement + user guide), Stefan Monnier, 2013/06/13
- Re: New version of todo-mode.el (announcement + user guide), Stephen Berman, 2013/06/14
- Re: New version of todo-mode.el (announcement + user guide), Glenn Morris, 2013/06/14
- Re: New version of todo-mode.el (announcement + user guide), Stefan Monnier, 2013/06/14
- Re: New version of todo-mode.el (announcement + user guide), Stephen Berman, 2013/06/15