Re: Syntax highlighting contd.

[Re-directed back to xemacs-beta] |--==> "VB" == Vaclav Barta <vbar(a)comp.cz&gt; writes: VB> You mean that the .elc files are *downloaded*, as part of VB> the package? I have to admit I didn't consider that at VB> all... VB> I can say I really don't like it. As far as I can see: VB> 1) the package would be ready to run even without the .elc files True for most packages, but not all. And don't forget about the 'auto-autoloads.el[c]' and 'custom-load.el[c]' that get created when I build the packages. VB> 2) the size of the .elc files amounts to something over 50% VB> size of the .el files (in the case of prog-modes, it's over 1MB) It's a trade off. Between size of package and ease of installation. VB> 3) these files can be created by anybody who has xemacs, i.e. VB> anybody who could conceivably want to use them Very true. Not everyone would want to though (some may not even know how). There could be problems with requires and macros and such. VB> So why aren't they created locally!? I bet that the above isn't VB> *quite* true; that there are compilcations I'm not seeing... Byte-compiling the packages is one way that I can check that they don't have compile-time errors. You can of course build the packages yourself (plenty of people do). Just grab the "packages" module out of CVS. VB> Shoot. :-) Bang! -- |---<Steve Youngs>---------------<GnuPG KeyID: 10D5C9C5>---| | XEmacs - It's not just an editor. | | It's a way of life. | |------------------------------------&lt;youngs(a)xemacs.org&gt;---|