Re: [ELPA] Package proposal: relint (ex-trawl)

[T.V Raman]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

Also, such an error is not an annoyance, it's a timely tip for what you
need to complete the task.>> The harm is that it's IME annoying to invoke a 
target only to be
>> presented with some error message which at best says some file or
>> program is missing.
>
> Then we should start removing the `dvi`, `pdf`, `html`, `info`, and
> `ps` targets in doc/emacs/Makefile.
>
>> What's the use of having a target that you cannot run?
>
> Why would you run it if you don't have the tool installed?
>
>>> And it'll be a lot more convenient than "a small Makefile in the
>>> package with a lint-emacs-regexps target" since that Makefile would
>>> be hidden inside ~/.emacs.d/elpa and would have to be told which
>>> Emacs you want to run and/or which source files you want to check.
>> Nothing that cannot be solved by an Emacs command, right?
>
> As conveniently as "make relint"?  I think it cannot be solved by an
> Emacs command provided by relint, no.
>
>
>         Stefan
>

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