> I have come to rely on the Emacs Code Browser (ECB) and would like to
> integrate it into the JDE. This would entail making ECB yet another
> external package required by the JDE. The benefit, however, is that the JDE
> would provide facilities for using ECB, such as keybindings and menu items
> for toggling ECB off-and-on and setting up ECB to browse
> jde-db-source-directories. What do you think?
Maybe JDE shouldnt require ECB, since it doesnt require any functionality in ECB to
work, it just enhances the ECB environment when JDE is activated. Instead JDE should
use the ECB variables and methods if ECB is loaded. This would make the ECB package
optional for JDE users. Of course, if JDE starts using the ECB layout functionality
for showing debug windows etc. it's another story.
ECB is meant to be a general code browser for Emacs and the goal is to remove all
language specific code from ECB (including JDE functions) and to provide hooks and
variables that other packages (such as JDE) can use to integrate with ECB.
/Jesper Nordenberg
