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> Consider the poor quality of the existing js modes for 26.x, any idea why this depends on a future version of Emacs instead of current versions? You might as

> Consider the poor quality of the existing js modes for 26.x, any idea why this depends on a future version of Emacs instead of current versions? You might as well look at the thread js2-mode was revoked[0] and ergoemacs' article[1]. > Alternatively, could somebody convince the author of the railwaycat port (Emacs with better macOS integration) to get a version 27 out soon? Er... I would like to point out that it's not 'railwaycat' port but more of Mitsuharu Yamamoto's port[2], and AFAIK he has claimed that he has no interest in maintaing an emacs27 version. [0] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2009-08/msg00409.html https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2009-08/msg00... [1] http://ergoemacs.org/misc/emacs_javascript_mode_war.html http://ergoemacs.org/misc/emacs_javascript_mode_war.html [2] https://bitbucket.org/mituharu/emacs-mac https://bitbucket.org/mituharu/emacs-mac

Kjeldahl 7y ago
Disregarding the history behind js2-mode, if it has been decided that Emacs 27 will feature a much improved js-mode, I was just puzzled that it wasn't put into 26.x as a package already. I couldn't remember the name of Yamamoto, which is why I said the author of the railwaycat port, where the latter is mostly packaging if I understand it correctly. But Yamamoto is doing most of the heavy lifting yes, and I'm thankful for it.