* Sebastian Freundt <hroptatyr@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Steve Youngs <steve@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> * Sebastian Freundt <hroptatyr@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>> > Steve Youngs <steve@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> >> * Martin Kuehl <martin.kuehl@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> >>
>> > [snip]
>> >> > Something else I imagined (one sunny afternoon some time ago) (which
>> >> > Sebastian found, which kind of embarasses me...) is to organize
>> >> > major-modes in some form of hierarchy.
[...]
> Maybe Martin should hack up some proof-of-concept and we start
> discussing after we have seen the thing in action, oki?
That'd be ideal.
>> >> > SJT mumbled something about having modes per-extent instead of
>> >> > per-buffer on xemacs-beta once, didn't he?
[...]
>> Wouldn't overlapping extents be a headache here?
> Erm, maybe we should add a contrib directory for such stuff. I do
> not want to have it by default, just wanted to play a little :)
If it can't be toggled on and off at run time, I'd be happier with a
autoconf option rather than a contrib directory.
> And yes, there has to be some mighty magic for overlapping extents
> :)
I look forward to Fblack_magic_voodoo_chicken_extent_spell() :-)
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