Hi Russel,

On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Russel Winder <
[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 11:46 +0100, Jeppe Nejsum Madsen wrote:
> > Russel Winder <[email protected]> writes:
> >
> > > I don't know if anyone other than me is using Emacs to edit Gradle
> > > files . . .
> >
> > Yes
>
> Excellent.  Emacs will eventually take over the world, Eclipse's days
> are numbered ;-)
>
> > > Is there a need for a Gradle mode (as a sub-mode of Groovy mode?)
> >
> > Would be nice
>
> OK, let's put it on the agenda.  We have an evolving Groovy mode, there
> is a Grails mode build on it, so having a Gradle mode makes lots of
> sense.
>
> Groovy mode is developed with Bazaar, Grails mode with Git.  I'd prefer
> to do a Gradle mode with Bazaar but I guess whatever happens has to fit
> with the overall infrastructure.
>
> > > or are people happy using a Groovy mode?
> >
> > No :-) I haven't spent a lot of time trying to configure it, but it seems
> > like indentation doesn't really work well for me. And it gets confused
> > (I think) about the gradle task syntax.
>
> I think we need a record other than email of the problems, this means
> starting something new.  Until there is a Gradle mode project and issue
> tracker, perhaps put things on the Groovy issue tracker using the "Emacs
> mode" component.
>
> I think I'd like Hans to express a view on where this should all happen.
>

You might start it on Launchpad :) Then we see how it evolves and at one
point merge it into the core repository.

Unfortunately we don't have any Gradle sandbox infrastructure yet.

- Hans

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Hans Dockter
Gradle Project Manager
http://www.gradle.org

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