On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 8:08 AM, Tony Mechelynck <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/04/10 22:16, Bram Moolenaar wrote: >> >> Christian Brabandt wrote: >> >>> Are you considering any patches from >>> http://groups.google.com/group/vim_dev/web/vim-patches >>> for inclusion? >> >> Yes, but many of these patches are not mature. E.g., first one, >> "Improved regular expression engine", is still lacking the tests to >> verify that it doesn't break anything. That's a pity, because it can >> make syntax highlighting much faster. >> >> I want to avoid that I include something that triggers a long sequence >> of bug fixes. "Works fine for me" is not always a good indication. >> 7.3 is going to be a stable release, thus I don't want to take too much >> risc. Part of my work will be to estimate the risc, which involves >> carefully looking through the code changes. >> > > It is true that they are in different stages of development. Here are my top > five; not in preference order. > > #14 (Vince Negri's conceal/ownsyntax/cursorbind) already has a long track > record. I first heard about it when I first learned about Steve Hall's Vim > for Windows, that must have been in Vim 6.2 or 6.3 time, and it was not new > even then. Has documentation. Maybe too controversial (not enough > "mainline"-like) to be included by default? OTOH it has been victim of > bit-rotting in the past (i.e. conflict with "mainline" patches) and of > course bringing it in would eliminate that problem forever. A compile-time > option maybe (or two, or three)? You're the boss.
This thread has been a good reminder to renew my sponsorship, in part because Vim deserves the support, and in part so I can vote again for this patch! I've never been clear why this patch should be controversial, though. Best wishes, Nicholas -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
