On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 04:18:07PM +0100, Ralf Treinen wrote: > On Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 12:04:33PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 09:58:58AM +0100, Philippe Lel�dy wrote: > > > > but it is not enough, adding some obscure lines to .emacs is necessary > > > b/c the old Caml mode is effective by default but Tuareg is not. Time > > > spent to explain that is very counter-productive to Unix new-bies. > > > Debian tuareg-mode does half the job by adding tuareg-mode directory to > > > emacs load-path, but manual addition of (load "append-tuareg") is still > > > necessary. > > > > I'm not an expert Emacs user, but this issue is definitely related to > > the tuareg-mode debian package. You can get in touch with that package > > maintainer and/or file a whishlist bug report against it in order to > > automate the emacs configuration. > > > > Ralf (or someone else of the debian ocaml maintainer with Emacs skill), > > could you please comment on this and other emacs related needs which > > could possibly by automated on tuareg-mode installation? > > We had this dicussion already earlier on this list. At that time we > agreed *not* to activate automaticallt tuareg-mode for *.ml* files > since the ocaml package provids another emacs mode for editing > .ml files. Hence, the decision at that time was that the user shoulde > decide for himself which emacs mode he wans to use.
What about installing tuareg by default in the ocaml-core or whatever meta-package, and have it ask a debconf question at priority medium about which of the two emacs bindings should be used ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
