Re: syntax highlighting on Joe

["Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com>]

Julio Emanuel wrote:

<snip>

> I also would like to grab this opportunity to (once again) ring the
> service bell to whoever maintain this package 'joe'.
> It's my favorite (actually the only) editor in the Unix/Cygwin
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Perhaps it's your only favorite editor but it is not the only editor
in the Unix, Linux, or Cygwin environments, in case anyone gets the
wrong immression. ;-)

> environments, and that's unfortunate to see this package negleted,
> because this seems to be a simple packaging problem. Also, currently
> the upstream version is already 3.7 (TWO versions beyond the Cygwin
> current!).
> 
> Could all this whining give us "joe'ers" a brand new version of this
> package? Pretty Please? :)

If this really is just a packaging issue, you may have better luck
reporting it to the cygwin-apps list (where packaging issues are on-
topic).  Jari has responded to things there of-late.  Of course, if
you're desperate for a newer 'joe' and aren't going to build it yourself,
you can take advantage of the version packaged and announced here:

<http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2008-11/msg00001.html>

Of course, if you go this route, you can't come back to this list with
your "whining" if something doesn't work.  Perhaps it's a small price
to pay. ;-)

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A: Yes.
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