Re: Anyone use ELSE minor-mode in Emacs?

From: John J Lee (jjl_at_pobox.com)
Date: 12/22/03


Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 15:10:32 +0000 (GMT)
To: François Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>

On Sun, 21 Dec 2003, [iso-8859-1] François Pinard wrote:

> [John J Lee]
[...]
> > If Mark Hammonds Windows editor does it, I don't see why Emacs and vi
> > shouldn't.
>
> I know, for having worked at a Python code reformatter (in Python, of
> course!), that proper presentation of Python source may be tricky.
> If all involved people were able to agree on the same presentation
> principles, it would be nice seeking a common solution for many editors.
> Could even become part of the standard library, who knows! :-)

I had the impression that Mark's thing (Pythonwin, I think it's called --
or is that the MFC wrapper? I can never remember.) used the standard
library, or hooked in at the C level, so that syntax colouring is always
correct -- unlike Emacs (and unlike vi, I guess).

John



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