I think of the current changes in terms '@auto is now persistent' (and is called @nosent) or '@nosent now parses known file types' (and persists)
On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 9:52 AM, Edward K. Ream <edream...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 7:37 AM, Edward K. Ream <edream...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 1. It is not always clear which importer to use. That's why we have >> @auto-rst, @auto-vo, @auto-otl. I shall be *so* happy when these wretched >> hacks sail off into the sunset. Otoh, we shall soon need the corresponding >> flavors of the import-file command. > > > Actually not, for two, no three, reasons. > > 1. In almost all cases the import-file command can guess the correct type of > file. In the rare situations where a) an importer exists but b) the file > type is unknown, the user can simply change the filetype temporarily so the > proper importer is known. > > 2. If we are going to create special import commands for rst, vimoutline and > otl files, why not create special cases for other importers? Where do all > the new import commands end? > > 3. Adding *any* new import commands is a big step backwards, as Kent rightly > pointed out long ago. > > All this illustrates, imo, that *none* of us (including me) truly yet grasp > how wonderful it will be when Leo no longer supports @auto and @shadow. The > collapse in complexity will go on and on... > > Edward > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "leo-editor" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to leo-editor@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to leo-editor@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
