Re: goto-addr.el

[Eric Ding]

Hi Alex,

quick answer from me, at least: I keep an eye on it, but haven't touched
it for years.  :)  So the FSF is responsible for maintaining it now.

Eric

>>>>> Alex Schroeder <kensanata@yahoo.com> writes:

> In GNU Emacs 20.7.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit)
>  of Sat Jun 24 2000 on snail

> (Seems to be true for Emacs 21.0.90 as well -- that's the only Emacs
> 21 source I have lying around.)

> goto-address-fontify should mark all overlays created as being
> goto-address overlays.  Before running, goto-address-fontify should
> remove all these overlays.

> That way, if goto-address is called a second time, URLs that are no
> longer URLs will no longer be highlighted.  Furthermore, people can
> write replacements for font-lock-default-unfontify-region which take
> this into account without having to resort to such ugly hacks as
> comparing the overlay face property.

> At the same time, I propose to make it XEmacs compatible.  And I
> volunteer to do it, too.  :) I just need a copy of the latest
> net/goto-addr.el.

> Is Eric Ding still maintaining it?

> Alex.
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