Re: New package: ASN1
Adrian Aichner <adrian(a)xemacs.org> writes:
>>>>> "Simon" == Simon Josefsson
<jas(a)extundo.com> writes:
Simon> This tarball contains packagified up-stream sources for
Simon> asn1-mode, to be unpacked into
Simon> packages/xemacs-packages/asn1/. It needs a trivial patch
Simon> to work, but I think the upstream source should be
Simon> committed before XEmacs specific patches are made, so the
Simon> history is complete. Once the tarball is installed, I can
Simon> commit the trivial patch.
Hello Simon,
it's pretty hard to figure out WHAT ASN.1 is for, without research on
the net.
There is a info manual for the package, did you see it?
Perhaps the paragraph under Main concepts
in
http://asn1.elibel.tm.fr/en/introduction/index.htm
could be added to the source code header comments.
Perhaps a trimmed version of above definition could even make it into
the description, which currently doesn't give a clue what ASN.1 is:
,----[ Description of package: ]
| The ASN.1 mode for Emacs and XEmacs is a confortable way to edit and write
| ASN.1 specifications. It allow coloration of files, automatic indentation,
| possibility to compile directly in Emacs ...
`----
That text is in the README in the same directory, and in the info
manual. Do users generally read the elisp to find these things out?
But I guess the text can be added (before all the french stuff) -- I
think it is best to wait until the up-stream sources is commited
though, so all complete XEmacs modifications are stored in the CVS
history.
Assuming, of course, that the license is OK. There already is a
debian package for it, FWIW.