2:30 p.m.
Since upgrading from 21.1.12 to 21.4.3, cc-mode (latest package) is broken in
a number of ways. What is the best way to report this so that I can be
assured someone is aware and is working on it? Is it an XEmacs bug (and is
this list sufficient for reporting it) or a cc-mode bug that needs to be
reported to the cc-mode maintainers. I did submit a cc-mode bug report (via
c-submit-bug-report) but received no feedback and am concerned it disappeared
into a black hole.
Thanks!
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12:37 a.m.
>>>> "Jake" == Jake Colman
<colman(a)ppllc.com> writes:
Jake> Since upgrading from 21.1.12 to 21.4.3, cc-mode (latest
Jake> package) is broken in a number of ways.
cc-mode is probably not broken, in my estimate (other XEmacs
developers may disagree). There have been a number of problems with
support for parsing text (syntax tables and regexps), and those are
probably what you're seeing. There are also problems with dramatic
slowdowns in some contexts (mostly large files). This may be related,
or may be a separate issue.
You should send to both groups, we both need to know about it and we
have complementary areas of expertise. For XEmacs, please report
here, as this is where the maximum number of developers will see it.
If the cc-mode people are unresponsive, we can apply patches to
cc-mode here to our version, although for obvious reasons we prefer to
keep them in synch.
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2:40 p.m.
Actually, I agree that it is probably not cc-mode, per se, that is broken.
Since cc-mode hasn't been changed and XEmacs was, the fault is probably with
something in XEmacs that has changed and caused cc-mode to break.
In any event, I suspect that a 21.4.4 will be shortly forthcoming that
addresses these general parsing problems? If so, the developers working on
those issues should confirm that cc-mode is working correctly at the same
time, no?
...Jake
>>>> "Jake" == Jake Colman
<colman(a)ppllc.com> writes:
Jake> Since upgrading from 21.1.12 to
21.4.3, cc-mode (latest package) is
Jake> broken in a number of ways.
SJT> cc-mode is probably not broken, in my estimate (other XEmacs
SJT> developers may disagree). There have been a number of problems with
SJT> support for parsing text (syntax tables and regexps), and those are
SJT> probably what you're seeing. There are also problems with dramatic
SJT> slowdowns in some contexts (mostly large files). This may be
SJT> related, or may be a separate issue.
SJT> You should send to both groups, we both need to know about it and we
SJT> have complementary areas of expertise. For XEmacs, please report
SJT> here, as this is where the maximum number of developers will see it.
SJT> If the cc-mode people are unresponsive, we can apply patches to
SJT> cc-mode here to our version, although for obvious reasons we prefer
SJT> to keep them in synch.
SJT> --
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SJT> Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences Tel/fax: +81 (298) 53-5091
SJT> _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________
SJT> What are those straight lines for? "XEmacs rules."
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Jake Colman
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Harborside Financial Center Fax: (201) 946-0320
902 Plaza II Beeper: (800) 928-4640
Jersey City, NJ 07311 E-mail: colman(a)ppllc.com
E-mail: jcolman(a)jnc.com
web: http://www.ppllc.com
8:49 a.m.
>>>> "Jake" == Jake Colman
<colman(a)ppllc.com> writes:
Jake> I suspect that a 21.4.4 will be shortly forthcoming that
Not likely. There are some issues that have fixes that make 21.4.4
likely next week. However, at the moment nobody is actively working
on the parsing issues, so it is unlikely that 21.4.4 will contain a
fix.
I plan to apply pressure to "those who know" in the near future, and I
several core developers consider C/C++ syntax editing a critical
feature of XEmacs so "something" will be done "soon". But that's
all
I can say at the present time as I have neither time nor expertise in
this area to be able to make promises myself.
Whatever happens with these other issues, there will be a release as
soon as substantial improvements in support for cc-mode are available.
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