[Bioperl-l] Emacs bioperl-mode improved release

[Mark A. Jensen]

Sorry-- just one more tweak--
the latest tar (r16073) eliminates the dependency on pod2text
entirely; source is now parsed for pod directly by an elisp function.
cheers MAJ 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark A. Jensen" <maj at fortinbras.us>
To: "BioPerl List" <bioperl-l at lists.open-bio.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 11:14 PM
Subject: [Bioperl-l] Emacs bioperl-mode improved release


> Hi All--
> 
> [Future announcements/updates will be made on the wiki-
> http://bioperl.org/wiki/Emacs_bioperl-mode --
> put it on your watchlist...see the page for features and install
> info ]
> 
> Bioperl-mode (tar r16070) is improved:
> - fancy syntax and header highlighting for pod views
> - jump to .pm source from pod view (just press 'f')
> - full support for multiple paths
>  (e.g. "/usr/local/src/bioperl-live:/usr/local/src/bioperl-run"):
>  the completion flattens the paths; if you wind up having to 
>  make a choice (between, e.g., site-perl/5.10/Bio/Seq.pm
>  and mytweaks/Bio/Seq.pm), completion will let you choose
>  the path at the prompt.
> - BPMODE_PATH convenience environment 
>  variable is read for the search paths
> - other stuff I can't remember
> - there is a unit test suite under test.el of Wang Liang
>  in the dev path
> 
> To do this stuff, I've backed off Emacs 21 compatibility; 
> it'll bork (nicely) if you have 21. If there are "enough" complaints,
> I will relent, but 22 is cool for people like me with the 
> elisp disease.
> 
> Other technical issues remain; let me know and 
> I'll do my best. My goal is to make this something
> you can't live without. (And if you're not using
> Emacs, are you really living?)
> 
> M-x thanks
> 
> Mark
> 
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