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Re: About implementing libre.js/el in Emacs
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Richard Stallman |
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Re: About implementing libre.js/el in Emacs |
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Mon, 31 Aug 2020 23:24:56 -0400 |
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> I highly agree with that, however currently numerous browser extensions
> are already implemented completely in Javascript, including LibreJS.
That is true, but it is secondary. There are things bigger and deeper
at stake here: keeping Emacs fundamentally clean, and avoiding the
extremely unwise practice of running programs right off other people's
web sites.
> Maybe another option is to have the other way around, implement
> a JavaScript to Elisp translator, and support Emacs Lisp version of
> those web extension APIs. Then we can run the translator on librejs
> to get librejs.el as a starting point.
Ideally this would operate on Javascript source code only, and would
generate something that would not actually be ready to run, but would
be a starting point for writing a real Emacs Lisp program.
That way, people would not tempted to run compiled (*) Javascript programs
straight off web pages.
* Obfuscating or compacting Javascript is a form of compilation, for
these purposes.
--
Dr Richard Stallman
Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
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- Re: About implementing libre.js/el in Emacs, (continued)
- Re: About implementing libre.js/el in Emacs, T.V Raman, 2020/08/30
- Re: About implementing libre.js/el in Emacs, Richard Stallman, 2020/08/30
- Re: About implementing libre.js/el in Emacs, Qiantan Hong, 2020/08/31
- Re: About implementing libre.js/el in Emacs, Stefan Monnier, 2020/08/31
- Re: About implementing libre.js/el in Emacs, Qiantan Hong, 2020/08/31
- Re: About implementing libre.js/el in Emacs, T.V Raman, 2020/08/31
- Re: About implementing libre.js/el in Emacs, Richard Stallman, 2020/08/31
- Re: About implementing libre.js/el in Emacs, Richard Stallman, 2020/08/30
Re: About implementing libre.js/el in Emacs, Richard Stallman, 2020/08/30