On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 21:12:01 -0500 James McCoy wrote: > On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 07:33:40PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > > So I am puzzled: upstream dropped support for extended syntax provided > > by LaTeX packages (such as, for instance, amsmath), but, at the same > > time, suggest users to write extensions and contribute them upstream! > > > > Do you find this confusing? > > No. There are lots of extensions to TeX, so he has decided to limit the > scope of what he supports in the main syntax file. He has also provided > a mechanism for other people to add support for extensions.
Yes, but he also suggest those other people to contribute this enhanced support... Hence, I am not completely sure I understand the strategy. > > As part of the package maintenance, neither are we going to develop the > syntax files for extensions nor solicit others to do so. Therefore I'm > closing this. I was not asking you to develop syntax files for extensions, or to solicit others to do so. I was just asking you to forward my feature request upstream. Oh well, I filed a RFP bug report for vimtex: #888981. I hope someone will step in and package it for inclusion in Debian... Bye. -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/ There's not a second to spare! To the laboratory! ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == CA01 1147 9CD2 EFDF FB82 3925 3E1C 27E1 1F69 BFFE
pgpBCqkIlIsNK.pgp
Description: PGP signature