So is python.el a descendant of python-mode.el, or an independent development?
On 10/2/07, Adam Hupp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/2/07, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Just curious -- how do python.el and python-mode.el differ? > > Off the top of my head: > > * python-mode.el did not play well with transient-mark-mode > (mark-block didn't work). transient-mark-mode highlights the marked > region and is required for other functions (e.g. comment-dwim). > > * python-mode.el had problems with syntax highlighting in the > presence of triple quoted strings and in comments. python.el does > not. > > * python.el is supposed to be more consistent with other major modes. > e.g. M-; for comment. > > * python.el ships with emacs. There are claims that python-mode.el > was not as well maintained for FSF emacs as XEmacs. > > -- > Adam Hupp | http://hupp.org/adam/ > -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
