Re: Kickstarter for Emacs

[Ivan Andrus]

On Apr 20, 2012, at 12:07 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote:

>>>> How much would it cost me to get the python modes combined into one?
>>> We cannot use python-mode.el because its copyright is not assigned to
>>> the FSF.
>>> The good news is that Fabian Gallina's python.el, which apparently works
>>> extremely well, is landing in trunk soon.
>> Gaaa!  Will it be replacing the current python.el?
> 
> Yes.
> 
>> In a backwards compatible way?
> 
> Hopefully, yes.  Fabian has not been particularly careful about that
> aspect (e.g. lots of "gratuitous" renamings), so my "yes" really means
> "backward incompatibilities will likely show up but will be treated as
> bugs to the extent possible".

Excellent.  You just made my day!  :-)

> I.e. keep your eyes open for when the python.el changes and report any
> problem so we can fix them promptly.  Or maybe even ask try it out right
> away (https://github.com/fgallina/python.el) and work it out
> with Fabian.

I'll definitely keep my eyes open.  And if I have some time I'll install his 
version now.  My python usage tends to go in spurts though.

-Ivan