>>>> "ML" == Mats Lidell
<matsl(a)contactor.se> writes:
ML> Not quite. I am the maintainer of Hyperbole in the XEmacs
ML> packages.
ML> My first goal is met by bringing Hyperbole back into the
ML> packages.
I am considering doing the same for oo-browser.
ML> There has also been a lot of development out there and even inside
ML> XEmacs that provides similar functionality to Hyperbole. I have no
ML> plans at the moment to refactor Hyperbole to use or support this new
ML> functionality better or in any new way than already is available in
ML> the package.
What is out there in XEmacs that provides functionality similar to hyperbole?
I'm just curious.
Jake> Any chances you might move on to OO-Browser and that OO-Browser
Jake> would become, along with Hyperbole, formally supported and
Jake> distributed XEmacs packages?
ML> If the maintenance of Hyperbole goes well I might do that.
I'l let you know if I start on this myself.
ML> Just bringing it in would be possible. I estimate though that
ML> OO-Browser would require quite some more time if it should be brought
ML> up to support all features in the current supported language
ML> set. Which is quite likely what you want if you are going to use
ML> it. Things like C++ namespaces isn't supported at all and will
ML> probably requires some work. There might be similar things for the
ML> other languages.
Agreed. But its current functionality is still quite good.
ML> The fact that there is an active code browser project for Emacs does
ML> also make the project questionable.
I assume you mean ECB? I think OO-Browser, when it works right, is alot
better than ECB. This is true both in its presentation and in what it can
do. Just my opinion...
...Jake
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