Re: syntax highlighting on Joe

[Julio Emanuel <costaju@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 04:20, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> 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. ;-)
>

Hmmm. Right. Please patch MY mail :)

sed -e 's/the only/MY only/g'

>> 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.

Damn! And I knew it - sorry for the noise :(
I'll send a new mail to the -apps with only the pertinent comments...

> 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>
>

I must have missed those mails somehow.
It seems pretty interesting, but also shows that maybe Jari is not
having enough time to handle these requests :(

> 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. ;-)

Small indeed. And you forgot the "Do It Yourself" way...
If only I had a few free hours :)

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> _____________________________________________________________________
>
> A: Yes.
>> Q: Are you sure?
>>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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Thanks for the help!

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Julio Costa

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