Re: [AUCTeX] Preparing new AUCTeX version and comments about more frequent releases

[Mosè Giordano]

Hi Keita,

2017-07-21 9:13 GMT+02:00 Ikumi Keita <address@hidden>:
> Hi all,
>
>>>>>> Mosè Giordano <address@hidden> writes:
>> Dear all,
>> the latest stable release of AUCTeX doesn't include the fix for the
>> parsing of TeX Live 2017 logs (see
>> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/auctex/2017-04/msg00007.html), so
>> now that TeX Live 2017 has been release it's a good idea to release
>> AUCTeX 11.91.  Is there any other quick change that you would like to
>> see into this version?
>
> Attached is a patch to make AUCTeX conform to elisp coding conventions,
> quoted below from emacs lisp reference.  (This issue is not in hurry at
> all, so I don't mind whether it gets into 11.91 release or not.)
>
>    * When you mention a default value in a minibuffer prompt, put it and
>      the word `default' inside parentheses.  It should look like this:
>
>           Enter the answer (default 42):
>
>    * Many commands that take a long time to execute display a message
>      that says something like `Operating...' when they start, and change
>      it to `Operating...done' when they finish.  Please keep the style
>      of these messages uniform: _no_ space around the ellipsis, and _no_
>      period after `done'.  *Note Progress::, for an easy way to generate
>      such messages.

Looks good, and they're also only stylistic changes, so should be safe
to include them right now.  Go ahead and install the patch ;-)

Thanks,
Mosè