From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Keisuke Nishida To: Kalle Olavi Niemitalo Cc: guile-emacs@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: some ideas (mostly about names) Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 13:14:00 -0000 Message-id: References: <87ln3lp9k5.fsf@PC486.Niemitalo.LAN> X-SW-Source: 2000-q1/msg00005.html Kalle Olavi Niemitalo writes: > Please add guile or guile-emacs in `features' and make M-x > emacs-version show that. That's right. I'll do so in the next version. > In the README, you suggest copying the Scheme files to > /usr/local/share/emacs/site-scheme/emacs. You have made them a > standard part of guile-emacs, so wouldn't it make sense to omit > the "site-"? You could even place them in the Emacs source tree, > so that the new Emacs can use them before it is installed. The > makefiles should then be amended to install the scheme/ tree > just like lisp/, and the startup code should add it in Guile's > %load-path. That's what I originally thought and did in the first patch. But I changed my mind so that I can keep the patch to Emacs as small as possible. Your suggestion will be included when Guile Emacs becomes more popular. > Are you going to append exclamation points to names of Emacs > builtins which alter things, like "define-key"? That's a good idea. I think we have to talk about these kinds of issues like how to organize new functions more once internal design has done. Thank you for trying my Guile Emacs!