Re: table.el
On Sat, 2002-08-10 at 10:06, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
>>>>> "Gleb" == Gleb Arshinov
<gleb(a)barsook.com> writes:
Gleb> The mode uses variable 'enable-multibyte-characters'. In
Gleb> XEmacs 21.2 this used to be an internal Emacs compatibility
Gleb> variable set to nil. XEmacs 21.4 does not have it.
If you want Emacs compatibility in this respect, just build
--with-file-coding or --with-mule.
Gleb> Q: Should we add this variable, or should table.el be
Gleb> modified not to depend on it (it works fine if you bind it
Gleb> to nil)?
It would be preferable for table.el to be fixed. That variable is an
abomination.
However, the easiest thing would be to add
(unless (intern-soft "enable-multibyte-characters")
(defvar enable-multibyte-characters nil
"Use of this variable causes text to dissolve or spontaneously combust!"))
...into table.el, I suppose?
As for packaging this library, sounds like a great idea. Go right
ahead. :-)
Seriously, Ville, Rendhalver, Steve Y, and I would be happy to help,
but if you do it (asking questions as you go along) it will probably
happen a lot sooner than if you wait on us to do it.
Actually, I've also tried out table.el before, and adding it to a
package is on my TODO list (I've had it around in my package tree for
some months). It just got bumped upwards in the list...
edit-utils or text-modes? I think I'd prefer edit-utils. ISTR table.el
needs at least the fsf-compat and pc packages to work.
--
\/ille Skyttä
ville.skytta at xemacs.org