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Subject: [Python-mode] merging python-mode.el and python.el
From: jbauer () rubic ! com (Jeff Bauer)
Date: 2009-01-28 13:23:52
Message-ID: 49805C68.2000206 () rubic ! com
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Barry Warsaw wrote:
> I also think that python-mode.el feels more natural to Python
> programmers, but I have only anecdotal evidence for that. Just last
> week I had a colleague ask me why Emacs wasn't working the way he wanted
> while editing his Python code. I made a wild guess and pointed him to
> python-mode.el and it solved his problem. That's happened to me several
> times when Emacs users don't realize that they have a different Python
> mode.
Yes, I was one of those who wondered why Python didn't feel right in
Emacs until I realized there were multiple versions. It's a subjective
thing, but no less important for that.
> I still propose we GPLv3 python-mode.el. Thus if we cannot merge, we
> will simply continue to develop python-mode.el separately, educate users
> as to the differences, and let them decide which they prefer. With a
> GPLv3 python-mode.el we can all borrow from each other.
+1
Jeff Bauer
Rubicon, Inc.
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